B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes - Page 6

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• I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.

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  Prayer, Yoga, Standing

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• Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul

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  Soul, Training, Mind

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• As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.

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  Soul, Important, Body

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2005). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.6, Rodale

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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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  Balance, Eternity, States

  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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• The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?

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  Wall, Block, Soul

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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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  Silence, Brain, Mind

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• Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.

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  Inspiring, Children, Soul

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.126, Shambhala Publications

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• Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it

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  Inspiring, Freedom, Yoga

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.22, Rodale

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• The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.

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  Brain, Body, Asana

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• Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough - whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.

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  Letting Go, Yoga, Greed

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.93, Rodale

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• Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.

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  Perfect, Body, Asana

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

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• When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.

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  Maturity, Clarity, Habit

  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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• The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.

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  Practice, Bird, Soul

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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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  Giving Up, Discipline, Doubt

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

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• When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.

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  Inspiring, Mistake, Trying

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.59, Rodale

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• Be inspired but not proud.

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  Inspiring, Proud, Inspired

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.10, Rodale

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• As long as you do not feel the serenity in the body, in each and every joint, there is no chance for emancipation. You are in bondage. So while you are sweating and aching, let your heart be light and let it fill your body with gladness. You are not only becoming free, but you are also being free. What is not to be glad about? The pain is temporary. The freedom is permanent.

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  Pain, Heart, Light

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

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• You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement.

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  Mistake, Trying, Way

  "Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace and Ultimate Freedom". Book by B. K. S. Iyengar, 2005.

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• It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.

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  Yoga, Body, Divinity

  "Yoga Connects You to the Perfection You Seek" by Vyda Bielkus, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 19, 2014.

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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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  Thinking, Long, Perfect

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.49, Shambhala Publications

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• Practice doing yoga with an innocent mind. Then, you will be able to cognize the things happening in your body

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  Yoga, Practice, Mind

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• Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.

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  Inspiring, Yoga, Broken

  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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• From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!

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  Mind, Body, Ultimate Freedom

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.34, Rodale

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• Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires toward a judicious, intelligent awareness.

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  Intelligent, Desire, Attention

  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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• As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.

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  Mind, Energy, Inward

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