Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
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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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It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
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As long as you do not live totally in the body, you do not live totally in the Self.
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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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In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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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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Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one's being, from bodily health to self-realization.
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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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By drawing our senses of perception inward, we are able to experience the control, silence, and quietness of the mind.
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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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As a well cut diamond has many facets, each reflecting a different color of light, so does the word yoga, each facet reflecting a different shade of meaning and revealing different aspects of the entire range of human endeavor to win inner peace and happiness.
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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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Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
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When you cannot hold the body still, you cannot hold the brain still. If you do not know the silence of the body, you cannot understand the silence of the mind. Action and silence have to go together. If there is action, there must also be silence. If there is silence, there can be conscious action and not just motion.
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As the trunk is one but the branches are many, yoga is one but adaptations may vary.
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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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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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Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart
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Look after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health of the body, and the fragrance of the mind and richness of the spirit will follow.
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The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.
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We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
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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.