Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
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Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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The union of nature and soul removes the veil of ignorance that covers our intelligence.
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Yoga releases the creative potential in life.
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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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Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one's actions.
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It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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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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Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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How can you know God if you don't know your big toe?
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Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.
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Lack of knowledge is the
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Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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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.
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The ribs are the wings of the body. Open your wings.
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The study of asana is not about mastering posture.
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Change is not something that we should fear. Rather, it is something that we should welcome. For without change, nothing in this world would ever grow or blossom, and no one in this world would ever move forward to become the person they're meant to be.
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Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.
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The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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A yogi never forgets that health must begin with the body. . . .Physical health is not a commodity to be bargained for. Nor can it be swallowed in the form of drugs and pills. . . .
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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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It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
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It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.