B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes - Page 2

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• Learning is as much an art as teaching

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  Art, Teaching

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• Without the accurate spine movement, one can't exist dynamically.

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  Movement, Spine, Accurate

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• If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity

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  Balance, Eternity, Ifs

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.43, Rodale

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• There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.

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  Reality, Way

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• The challenge of yoga is to go beyond our limits - within reason. We continually expand the frame of the mind by using the canvas of the body. It is as if you were to stretch a canvas more and create a larger surface for a painting. But we must respect the present form of our body. If you pull too much at once, we will rip the canvas. If the practice of today damages the practice of tomorrow, it is not correct practice.

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  Rip, Yoga, Practice

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• You must fill every inch of your body with the asana from your chest and arms and legs to the tips of your fingers and toes so that the asana radiates from the core of your body and fills the entire diameter and circumference of your limbs. You must feel your intelligence, your awareness, and your consciousness in every inch of your body.

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  Body, Asana, Legs

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.63, Rodale

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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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  Flower, Water, Doe

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.48, Shambhala Publications

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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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  Inspiring, Drawing, Silence

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.12, Rodale

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• Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.

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  Kings, Mind, Breaths

  "Astadala Yogamala". Volume 5,

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• Yes, flexibility of body and physical perfection for Yogasana is important. However more important is the state of your mind, Meditative mind. Your flexibility might be excellent but if your mind is not attentive, you are merely doing some physical exercise, not Yoga.

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  Yoga, Exercise, Perfection

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• The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.

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  Choices, Decision, Brave

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• Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.

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  Inspiring, Success, Yoga

  BKS Iyengar (2015). “Yoga For Sports: A Journey towards Health and Healing”, p.106, Westland

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• Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.

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  Body, Nervous, Nervous System

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.101, Shambhala Publications

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• Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.

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  B.K.S. Iyengar (2005). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.234, Rodale

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• We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.

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  Pieces, Littles, Infinite

  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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• Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.

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  Yoga, Journey, Self

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.175, Rodale

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• Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.

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  Inspiring, Yoga, Keys

  B.K.S Iyengar (2001). “Astadala Yogamala Volume-3”, p.32, Allied Publishers

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• When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.

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  Inspiring, Success, Yoga

  "Healthiest You Ever: 365 Ways to Lose Weight, Build Strength, Boost Your BMI, Lower Your Blood Pressure, Increase Your Stamina, Improve Your Cholesterol Levels, and Energize from Head to Toe!" by Meera Lester, p. 291, December 18, 2011.

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• Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.

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  Yoga, Mirrors, Looks

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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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  Thinking, Littles, Little Things

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.83, Shambhala Publications

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• Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.

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  Flower, Yoga, Yield

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.24, Rodale

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• We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die....So just standing still isn't really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.

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  Moving, Challenges, Disturbance

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• Intensity is a mental attitude more than a physical attitude. Many people misunderstand what intensity means. They think it means straining and sweating. No! That is a wrong meaning of the word! Intensity is to get totally involved, fully immersed and absorbed in what one is doing. Intense practice means a fast and keen mode in adjusting, correcting, and progressively proceeding.

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  Attitude, Mean, Thinking

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2009). “B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Wisdom and Practice”, p.112, Dorling Kindersley Ltd

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• Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures.
  That is contentment.

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  Contentment, Should, Success Or Failure

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.45, Shambhala Publications

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• Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.

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  Inspiring, Teacher, Compassion

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