Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
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The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
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The union of nature and soul removes the veil of ignorance that covers our intelligence.
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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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Without education, confidence does not come.
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Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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Yoga releases the creative potential in life.
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The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.
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Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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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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It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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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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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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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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Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Yoga is meant for the purification of body and its exploration as well as for the refinement of the mind.
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The supreme adventure in a man's life is his journey back to his Creator.
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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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Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
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Yoga is a means and an end.
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If you keep your armpits open, you won't get depressed.
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Giving does not impoverish us nor does withholding enrich us.
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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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Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.