Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
B.K.S. IYENGARBreath is the king of mind.
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Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
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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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Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
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Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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You exist without the feeling of existence.
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
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Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough – whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.
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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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Don’t practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.
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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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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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Learning is as much an art as teaching
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Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world, but by being a healthy, living organ of the body of humanity.
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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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The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.
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I think overall the majority of people who are practicing it as a subject are following the right line. For the aberration, don’t blame yoga or the whole community of yogis
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Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.
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Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
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Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
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One’s spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one’s fellow beings.
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Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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