Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
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Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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Without the accurate spine movement, one can't exist dynamically.
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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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Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.
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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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First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.
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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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The sleeping tortoise takes all its limbs into its carapace. So does the yogi: going back into himself he does not see anything worldly any longer, he makes peace in himself.
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The ribs are the wings of the body. Open your wings.
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The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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If everyone practiced yoga, pharmacies would have to close.
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It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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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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Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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The study of asana is not about mastering posture.
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My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
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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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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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Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.
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The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
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If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
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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 union of nature and soul removes the veil of ignorance that covers our intelligence.
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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.