Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
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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.
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The body has to be invaded by the intelligence; each part has to become intelligent.
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I think overall the majority of people who are practicing it as a subject are following the right line. For the aberration, don't blame yoga or the whole community of yogis
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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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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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Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.
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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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Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart
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As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.
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This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
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When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
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If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.
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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.
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Asanas keep your body, as well as your mind, healthy and active
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Move from the known to the unknown.
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Don't practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.
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The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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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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The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.