Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
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As each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its essence, one needs a religiously attentive dynamic practice done with awareness and absorption.
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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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The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
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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.
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If you keep your armpits open, you won't get depressed.
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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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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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Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.
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Without education, confidence does not come.
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Yoga is a means and an end.
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Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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When I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist.
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It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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The supreme adventure in a man's life is his journey back to his Creator.
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The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.
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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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Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.
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Through surrender the aspirant's ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
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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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Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.