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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
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Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
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When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
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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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The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator. To reach the goal he needs well developed and co-ordinated functioning of his body, senses, mind, reason and Self.
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Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
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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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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 union of nature and soul removes the veil of ignorance that covers our intelligence.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
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The pose begins when you want to leave it.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
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.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
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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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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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Breath is the king of mind.
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Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.
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Yoga takes us to an unconditioned freedom, because yoga sees even good habits as a form of conditioning or limitation.
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Our flawed mechanisms of perception and thought are not a cause for grief, but an opportunity to evolve, for an internal evolution of consciousness that will also make possible, in a sustainable form, our aspirations toward what we call individual success and global progress.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
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Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
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Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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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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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.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar