Geeta Iyengar Quotes

• In an asana, the mind has to reach inside the body to find a quiet space until a point comes where perfect balance is felt.

  Geeta Iyengar

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Yoga

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• Knowledge has a beginning but no end.

  Geeta Iyengar

  Knowledge, Ends

  Geeta S. Iyengar (1998). “Yoga: A Gem for Women”, p.72, Allied Publishers

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• Whenever we find stiffness in the body, our mind should be especially supple. It is never the stiffness in our bodies that limits our practice, it is always the stiffness of our mind.

  Geeta Iyengar

  Yoga, Practice, Mind

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• We are missing the gold if we do asanas as a physical practice only.

  Geeta Iyengar

  Practice, Missing, Gold

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• If the body is stiff that is understandable. But if the mind is also stiff then you can’t get anywhere. The mind has to become flexible.

  Geeta Iyengar

  Mind, Body, Flexible

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• Yoga is the study of the functioning of the body, the mind and the intellect in the process of attaining freedom.

  Geeta Iyengar

  Yoga, Mind, Body

  Geeta S. Iyengar (1998). “Yoga: A Gem for Women”, p.9, Allied Publishers

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• In an asana, the mind has to reach inside the body to find a quiet space until a point comes where perfect balance is felt. If the mind is wandering while practicing, then one is not fully present, and there can be no union. Involvement, interpenetratio n and insight are the required qualities for the practitioner.

  Geeta Iyengar

  Space, Perfect, Mind

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• Gaining maturity in yoga practice involves learning to respect the paths that other people are on and acknowledging their merits, maybe even acknowledging that your own path is lacking in some area where another one excels.

  Geeta Iyengar

  Yoga, Maturity, Practice

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• When this body has been so magnificently and artistically created by God, it is only fitting that we should maintain it in good health and harmony by the most excellent and artistic science of Yoga.

  Geeta Iyengar

  Yoga, Body, Artistic

  Geeta S. Iyengar (1998). “Yoga: A Gem for Women”, p.71, Allied Publishers

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