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When I practice, I’m a philosopher, when I teach, I’m a scientist, when I demonstrate, I’m an artist.
B.K.S Iyengar
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Santosha
The art of contentment. Being content with what you already have. Letting go of wants.
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In my life nothing goes wrong. When things seem to not meet my expectations, I let go of how I think things should be. It’s a matter of not having any attachment to any fixed outcome.
Deepak Chopra
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The very purpose of spirituality is self-discipline. Rather than criticizing others, we should evaluate and criticize ourselves. Ask yourself, what am I doing about my anger, my attachment, my pride, my jealousy? These are the things we should check in our day to day lives.
Dalai Lama
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Easily seen are others’ faults, hard indeed to see are one’s own. Life chaff one winnows others’ faults, but one’s own (faults) one hides, as a crafty fowler conceals himself by camouflage
Dhammapada 18:18
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“Practice, practice, practice. That is method.”
Patthabi Jois about Yoga Chitta Vritti Nirodha
Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.
Dalai Lama XIV
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Ganesh is the first deity that I connected to and with each new lesson love more and more. The explanation below is great. Jai Ganesh!
Obstacles:
The thing about Sri Ganesh is that he not only removes obstacles—but he places them too.
He makes you think (buddhi) and forces you to overcome these obtrusions.
When you have succeeded—you will become stronger spiritually, emotionally and physically.Your worries—they are divine building blocks.
Even obstacles are God.Om Gam.
9 Favorite Inyengar Yoga Quotes
B.K.S. Iyengar turns 93 today [12/14/11]! Here are nine of my favorite quotes from the legendary yogi:
2. “Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.”
4. “Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.”
5. “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.”
9. “Change is not something that we should fear. Rather, it is something that we should welcome. For without change, nothing in this world would ever grow or blossom, and no one in this world would ever move forward to become the person they’re meant to be.”
If you can observe alertly, keenly, but without judging, without concluding, you will find that your thinking becomes astonishingly acute. Then you are learning all the time.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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