Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.
B.K.S. IYENGARSometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.
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Life means to be living.Problems will always be there. When they arise navigate through them with yoga- don’t take a break.
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Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.
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Practice doing yoga with an innocent mind. Then, you will be able to cognize the things happening in your body
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You have to create love and affection for your body, for what it can do for you. Love must be incarnated in the smallest pore of the skin, the smallest cell of the body to make them intelligent so they can collaborate with all the other ones, in the big republic of the body. This love must radiate from you to others.
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Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart
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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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A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
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Is it necessary to practice all these asanas, further and further? Is it necessary to develop scientific researches further and further? To a yogi, the body is a laboratory, a field of experiments and perpetual researches.
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Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
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As long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the mind. The sound mind is a sound body.
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We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sides.
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Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
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The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.
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Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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