Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
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All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
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Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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Action is movement with intelligence
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An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
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Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.
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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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Sometimes 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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You have to create love and affection for your body, for what it can do for you. Love must be incarnated in the smallest pore of the skin, the smallest cell of the body to make them intelligent so they can collaborate with all the other ones, in the big republic of the body. This love must radiate from you to others.
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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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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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Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature
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Yes, flexibility of body and physical perfection for Yogasana is important. However more important is the state of your mind, Meditative mind. Your flexibility might be excellent but if your mind is not attentive, you are merely doing some physical exercise, not Yoga.
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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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A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him.
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The yogi cannot be afraid to die, because he has brought life to every cell of his body. We are afraid to die, because we are afraid we have not lived. The yogi has lived.
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There must be relaxation in full extension.
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You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.
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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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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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Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
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The union of nature and soul removes the veil of ignorance that covers our intelligence.
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As we shave it happens that we cut ourself with the razor blade; this does not mean that we must not shave in the morning any longer. It is the same thing for yoga.