Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
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The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.
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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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Pranayama teaches the aspirant to regulate his breathing and thereby control the mind.
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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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Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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How can you know God if you don't know your big toe?
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Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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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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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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There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
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The union of nature and soul removes the veil of ignorance that covers our intelligence.
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Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
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Lack of knowledge is the
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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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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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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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Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
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Yoga releases the creative potential in life.
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We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
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If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
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Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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The study of asana is not about mastering posture.
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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny.