Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
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Yoga is a means and an end.
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The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.
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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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There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
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Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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Yoga releases the creative potential in life.
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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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It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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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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If you keep your armpits open, you won't get depressed.
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The supreme adventure in a man's life is his journey back to his Creator.
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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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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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Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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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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Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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Giving does not impoverish us nor does withholding enrich us.
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How can you know God if you don't know your big toe?
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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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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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We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.