Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
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Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
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Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
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As long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the mind. The sound mind is a sound body.
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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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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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As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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In your discipline, if doubt comes, let it come. You do your work and let doubt carry on with its work. And let us see which gives up first!
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Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.
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It is through the body that everything comes to the mind. It is through and with your body that you have to reach realization of being a spark of divinity. How can we neglect the temple of the spirit?
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You know the known, so go a little into the unknown. The mind that is caught up in the known - extended a little beyond reason. The moment you go beyond , you move in the soul. Releasing the bondage of your mind to extend further, reach the unknown a little more. The further you go, you realize that the known is limited and the unknown is vast.
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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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How can you know God if you don't know your big toe?
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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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The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
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Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one's life purposeful, useful and noble.
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Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
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If you can adapt to and balance in a world that is always moving and unstable, you learn how to become tolerant to the permanence of change and difference.
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Feeling the movement of movements is wandering to the past or future. Living in the movements of movement is being in the present.
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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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When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world, but by being a healthy, living organ of the body of humanity.
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The union of nature and soul removes the veil of ignorance that covers our intelligence.
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Do not live in the future, only the present is real