Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
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All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
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It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
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Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
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Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.
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Without education, confidence does not come.
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A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him.
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The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?
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There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.
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Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.
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