Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.

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"There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear."

- B.K.S. Iyengar

Awareness

"Yoga does not transform the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees."

- B.K.S. Iyengar

Transformation

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

- B.K.S. Iyengar

Transformation

"Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within."

- B.K.S. Iyengar

Self-awareness

"The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It's about using posture to understand and transform yourself."

- B.K.S. Iyengar

Personal Growth

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"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."

- Henry David Thoreau

Mindfulness

"Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind that you have to convince."

- Anon

Mindfulness

"You have to think it before you can do it. The mind is what makes it all possible."

- Kai Greene

Mindfulness

"Your mind is the key to your body’s strength."

- Unknown

Mindfulness

"Your limits are all in your mind."

- Unknown

Mindfulness