Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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I wasn't a ladies' man.
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I do love getting dressed up, but sometimes it's glam and edgy mixed together.
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Never put a sock in a toaster.
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Life without Liberty is far worse than death.
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Life has changed enormously, and I hope - I hope more people read good things.
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It's wonderful to learn about new cultures and to be able to travel easily to so many countries.
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Yoga is a big misnomer in the west, people don't know what this yoga is. Yoga means union with the divine. When you become one with the divine, the divine starts flowing through you and you become part and parcel of the whole.
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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
