The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
B.K.S. IyengarRead
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The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.
Inhale, and God approaches you. Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you. Exhale, and you approach God. Hold the exhalation, and surrender to God.
Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.
When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
Don't move the way fear makes you move. Move the way love makes you move. Move the way joy makes you move.
Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
You can enter yoga, or the path of yoga, only when you are totally frustrated with your own mind as it is. If you are still hoping that you can gain something through your mind, yoga is not for you.
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.
Move, but don't move the way fear makes you move.
It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.
Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one's actions.
Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.
It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.
The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.
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