B. K. S. Iyengar Short Quotes

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True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.

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

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

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As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.

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When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul

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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless. It is not an empty mind.

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

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Asanas keep your body, as well as your mind, healthy and active

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Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.

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Asanas keep the body healthy and strong and in harmony with nature.

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We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.

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When every asana is multi-petaled, why do you make it single petaled?

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You exist without the feeling of existence, existence has no meaning.

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The mind and the breath are the king and queen of human consciousness.

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It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.

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The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.

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

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If we become aware of its limitations and compulsions, we can transcend them.

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

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An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.

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I planted the seed, now you must work a lot otherwise the tiny plant will die.

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Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.

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

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Asana done from the brain makes one heavy and done from the heart makes one light.

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The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.

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Yoga does not just change the way we see things, it transforms the person who sees.

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As the trunk is one but the branches are many, yoga is one but adaptations may vary.

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The body has to be invaded by the intelligence; each part has to become intelligent.

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

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The needs of the body are the needs of the divine spirit which lives through the body.

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