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Awareness Quotes by B.K.S. Iyengar
- Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
- We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness…
- 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…
- Regarding perfection, that’s a very difficult question. I can say that I have superseded most in my sadhana [practice]. I am in it, and my…
- Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.
- True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
- When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens
- Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
- Yoga is as old and traditional as civilization, yet it persists in modern society as a means to achieving essential vitality. But yoga demands that…
- As each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its essence, one needs…
- You must fill every inch of your body with the asana from your chest and arms and legs to the tips of your fingers and…
- While doing the postures, your mind should be in half-consciousn ess, which does not mean sleep. It means silence, emptiness, space, which can then be…
- Faith, courage, and intelligent and uninterrupted awareness - these qualities are to be present whether one is wide awake, half asleep, or in deep slumber.…
- Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.
- It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
More Awareness Quotes
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
- Patience is the companion of wisdom. — Saint Augustine
- There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we… — Richard Bach
- Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all. — Arthur Balfour
- There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened. — Charles Baudelaire
- You don't have to be a 'person of influence' to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are… — Scott Adams
- We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble. If we do not come to understand the error in the… — Joko Beck
- To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright. — Walter Benjamin
- Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our… — Ezra Taft Benson
- If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. — William Blake
- The eye altering, alters all. — William Blake