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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.
- As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
- 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 I can say that I have superseded most in my sadhana [practice].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…
- In order to find out how to reveal our innermost Being, the sages explored the various sheaths of existence, starting from body and progressing through…
- Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.
- You have to create love and affection for your body, for what it can do for you. Love must be incarnated in the smallest pore…
- Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asanas each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach. If you are…
- Move from the known to the unknown.
- A yogi's brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
- You must do the asana with your soul. How can you do an asana with your soul? We can only do it with the organ…
- When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world,…
- The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity and peace, and free it from confusion and distress
- From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
- Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant…
- This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
- Asana done from the brain makes one heavy and done from the heart makes one light.
- I don't stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
- Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough - whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us…
- 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…
- As long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the mind. The sound…
- In Savasana or in meditation, the light of the eyes is drawn towards the lotus of the heart, so that the seat of the intelligence…
- Faith, courage, and intelligent and uninterrupted awareness - these qualities are to be present whether one is wide awake, half asleep, or in deep slumber.…
- 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…
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