B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes - Page 6

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• You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.

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  Inspiring, Faults, Same Mistakes

  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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• First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.

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  Yoga, Differences, Mind

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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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• Whenever asana is done mechanically from the front brain, the action is felt only on the peripheral body, and there is no inner sensation, there is no luminous inner light. If the asana is done with continual reference to the back of the brain, there is a reaction to each action, and there is sensitivity. Then life is not only dynamic, but it is also electrified with life force.

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  Light, Brain, Done

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.39, Rodale

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• A yogi's brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head

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  Feet, Brain, Yogi

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• The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.

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  Practice, Mind, Body

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2014). “BKS Iyengar Yoga The Path to Holistic Health”, p.137, Dorling Kindersley Ltd

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• As a breeze ruffles the surface of a lake and distorts the images reflected therein, so also the chitta vrtti (fluctuations of mind) disturb the peace of the mind. The still waters of a lake reflect the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.

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  Lakes, Self, Water

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• It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.

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  Life, Inspiring, Yoga

  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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• If you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.

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  Perseverance, Yoga, Maturity

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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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• Action is movement with intelligence

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  Movement, Action

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.28, Rodale

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• Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.

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  Odds, Practice, Long

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2012). “Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali”, p.16, HarperCollins UK

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• Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.

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  Inspiring, Capacity, Same Mistakes

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.60, Rodale

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• If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.

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  Mind, Body, Can Do

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• Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.

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  Yoga, Awareness, Aim

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.85, Shambhala Publications

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• It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.

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  Yoga, Doe, Way

  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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• Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.

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  Inspiring, Yoga And Life, Needs

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.28, Rodale

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• A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.

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  Teacher, Helping, Good Teacher

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• The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.

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  Yoga, Goal, Soul

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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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• Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge.

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  Ignorance, Ends

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• Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.

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  Inspiring, Health, Soul And Body

  "Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom". Book by B.K.S. Iyengar (p. 48), September 19, 2006.

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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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• After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.

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  Yoga, Mind, Passive

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• Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.

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  Inspiring, Missing, Bliss

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