Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
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Yoga releases the creative potential in life.
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The union of nature and soul removes the veil of ignorance that covers our intelligence.
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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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If you keep your armpits open, you won't get depressed.
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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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Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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I also say with backbends, you have to be cautiously bold. Not carelessly bold. You have to descend to the dictation of the spine. You cannot command from the brain to do the poses. As you play with a child, guarding the child from injuries, similarly you have to play in backbends, guarding your spine.
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Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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Giving does not impoverish us nor does withholding enrich us.
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Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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The supreme adventure in a man's life is his journey back to his Creator.
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We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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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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Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present - the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
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Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
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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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It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and 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.
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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.