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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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The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
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Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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Where does the body end and the mind begin? Where does the mind end and the spirit begin? They cannot be divided as they are inter-related and but different aspects of the same all-pervading divine consciousness.
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The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.
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Yoga is the music of the soul. So do continue, and the gates of the soul will open.
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Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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In backbends, one touches the body physically, mentally, intellectually, consciously and spiritually everywhere.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
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The sleeping tortoise takes all its limbs into its carapace. So does the yogi: going back into himself he does not see anything worldly any longer, he makes peace in himself.
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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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Yoga is a means and an end.
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If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
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First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.
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By drawing our senses of perception inward, we are able to experience the control, silence, and quietness of the mind.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
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We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.
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The study of asana is not about mastering posture.
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It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
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Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.
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The breath must be enticed or cajoled, like catching a horse in a field, not by chasing after it, but by standing still with an apple in one’s hand.
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That's the beauty of backbends. Emotionally we can never be disturbed, for the emotional centre becomes an extrovert. When you do Viparita Dandasana, your head looks backwards, but your conscious mind stretches everywhere. Study by observing how the mind gets regulated. You not only know the freedom in the spine, but also the freedom in the spirit.
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Purity is when there is no anxiety, no worry, no thinking.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar