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The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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Celebration Dies Lively
When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.
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Brain Mind Sake
Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.
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Backbends Meditation Posture
It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Inspiring Life Yoga
We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
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Above Limitation Rise
As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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Mind Moving Wind
The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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Art Inspiring Teaching
Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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Body Nervous Nervous System
The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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Asana Body Brain
Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one’s life purposeful, useful and noble.
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Art Philosophy Spiritual
As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.
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Body Important Soul
How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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Big God Inspiring Know
Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Anyone Savasana War
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Body Health Mind Soul
Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
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Art Symmetrical Yoga
Without education, confidence does not come.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Come Confidence Education

The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.

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The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.

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