Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
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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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We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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Giving does not impoverish us nor does withholding enrich us.
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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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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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When an asana is done correctly the body movements are smooth, there is lightness in the body and freedom in the mind.
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Yoga is the rule book for playing the game of Life, but in this game no one needs to lose. It is tough, and you need to train hard. It requires the willingness to think for yourself, to observe and correct, and to surmount occasional setbacks. It demands honesty, sustained application, and above all love in your heart.
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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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Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
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Without education, confidence does not come.
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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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The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
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In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.
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The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.
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If everyone practiced yoga, pharmacies would have to close.
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The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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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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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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Backbends are not poses meant for expressionism. Backbends are meant to understand the back parts of our bodies. The front body can be seen with the eyes, but the back body can only be felt. That's why I say these are the most advanced postures, where the mind begins to look at the back.
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The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?