Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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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Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.
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The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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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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The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
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Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.
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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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I don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I don’t want yesterday’s experience. I want to see what new understanding may come in addition to what I felt up to now.
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Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
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The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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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.
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Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires toward a judicious, intelligent awareness.
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Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.
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You exist without the feeling of existence.
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Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
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A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
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I don’t stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
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Learning is as much an art as teaching
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The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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