Bikram Choudhury Quotes
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Since my asana techniques increase circulation to all organs in the body and increase lung efficiency, I recommend Bikram Balance natural whole food beverage as a way to provide all the critical nutrients to oxygenate the blood and restore the acid/alkaline balance.
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I bought a 1964 Bentley for $1,600 and re-built it over five years. When I drove it in Tokyo after that, it was the pride of the road. That car would command at least $150,000 today because 'Bikram' has restored it.
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I don't listen to anybody. You need my help: Come to me, shut up, forget who you are. I will take care of you. And I do my job.
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The meaning of yoga is connection of mind, body and spirit. If you have a bad telecommunication system, your body gets sick. Yoga helps fix that.
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You cannot steal somebody's intellectual property. Law and justice protect.
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If you don't suffer, you don't get anything. Nothing easy in life.
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I fix the human chassis, I tune up human engines, I recharge human batteries, and I adjust human transmissions.
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If you want to live a hundred years, how do you want to live your life? At the age of 100, you should go shopping with your great-grandchildren, but not in a wheelchair.
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Negative attitude is nine times more powerful than positive attitude.
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I'm a yogi, not a businessman.
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Nothing in the world can take my peace away from me.
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Yoga only works one way.
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Because I'm a sweet, kind guy, everybody thinks I'm an idiot, I'm weak.
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When President Ronald Reagan asked me a stupid question once, I called him an idiot in public! I thought I was going to be arrested, but he laughed and appreciated me.
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Lady Gaga listens to me. Her mantra is only one word - 'Bikram' - because Bikram makes her what she is today. It works.
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If you can, you must.
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Yoga in America is a joke.
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You use the body as a medium to bring the mind back to the brain. Perfect married between body and mind. Then, you can knock the door to the spirit.
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I guarantee you, yoga will compete with computers, music, sports, automobiles, the drug industry. Yoga will take over the world!
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Most researchers sit at a table and read books. My research, since three years old, has been to use my own body.
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In India, nobody sues anybody.
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I didn't come here without a visa, like everyone from China and Vietnam and Cuba. I came here by special plane... received by the ambassador, by the president of the United States. I should be the most honored man in your country.
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My system works, as long as people let me do my job my way. It is not just the sequence, it is how you do it: the timing, the mirrors, the temperature, the carpet. But if people only do it 99% right, it is 100% wrong. When someone tries to mess with it, the people won't get the yoga benefits.
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Growing up in Bombay, I saw many sick people.