B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes - Page 10

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• The supreme adventure in a man's life is his journey back to his Creator.

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  Inspiring, Adventure, Journey

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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. Yoga means union - the union of body with consciousness and consciousness with the soul. Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day to day life and endows skill in the performance of one's actions.

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  Success, Attitude, Yoga

  "The Energetic Anatomy of a Yogi: Healing the Emotional and Mental Body Through Yoga". Book by Paul G. Balch, Jaylee Balch, p. 23, 2013.

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• Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.

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  Inspiring, Yoga, Inspiring Yoga

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.14, Rodale

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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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  Yoga, Heart, Done

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• I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.

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  People, Dies

  "BKS Iyengar, Indian guru who sparked global yoga craze, dies aged 95". www.theguardian.com. August 20, 2014.

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• The commercialism may wash off sometime later.

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  May, Commercialism

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• Do to your capacity. Always strive to extend your capacity. Ten minutes today, after a few days, twelve minutes. Master that, then again extend.

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  Twelve, Today, Strive

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.55, Rodale

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• Purity is when there is no anxiety, no worry, no thinking.

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  Thinking, Worry, Anxiety

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.81, Shambhala Publications

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• Where does the body end and the mind begin? Where does the mind end and the spirit begin? They cannot be divided as they are inter-related and but different aspects of the same all-pervading divine consciousness.

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  Mind, Doe, Different

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• You exist without the feeling of existence.

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  Inspiring, Feelings, Existence

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.30, Rodale

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• All games are meaningless if you do not know the rules.

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  Games, Knows, Ifs

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.7, Rodale

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• Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature

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  Progress, Body, Asana

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.11, Rodale

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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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  Yoga, Self, Practice

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• It is never too late in life to practice yoga

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  Yoga, Practice, Too Late

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• Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.

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  Yoga, Fire, Flames

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• During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.

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  Moving, Clouds, Sky

  "Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar".

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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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  Art, Yoga, Symmetrical

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• Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.

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  Should, Repose

  "Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom".

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• Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.

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  Pain, Yoga, Keys

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• The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.

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  Challenges, Asana, Gains

  B. K. S. Iyengar (1993). “Light on the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjala : Patañjala Yoga Pradīpikā”, Thorsons Pub

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• Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.

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  Meditation, Posture, Backbends

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• Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.

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  Reality, Constant, Eternal

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.8, Rodale

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• Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.

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  Giving, Principles, Students

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• Life means to be living.Problems will always be there. When they arise navigate through them with yoga- don't take a break.

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  Inspiring, Yoga, Mean

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• One day you too may experience what I have experienced. So right away go and practise.

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  One Day, May, Practise

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