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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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Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
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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.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
Purity is when there is no anxiety, no worry, no thinking.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
For me there were only two ways on the precipice - either I have to fall in or I have to fall out, to accept or say good-bye. The moment I crossed the precipice, it no longer was a discipline - it became a passion, an urge to pursue. Then I experienced freedom. Freedom comes when the discipline revolutionizes the discipline as a passion for the art.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
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Look after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health of the body, and the fragrance of the mind and richness of the spirit will follow.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
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.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
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.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
Without education, confidence does not come.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
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Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
Yoga is meant for the purification of body and its exploration as well as for the refinement of the mind.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
When every asana is multi-petaled, why do you make it single petaled?
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
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Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
If you can adapt to and balance in a world that is always moving and unstable, you learn how to become tolerant to the permanence of change and difference.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar