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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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A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
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May Mind World
In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present – the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
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Balance Eternity State
It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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Body Divinity Yoga
Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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Giving Principle Student
Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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Pose Relaxation Repose
The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Today Yesterday Yoga
There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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Interpreted One Reality Way
The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
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Brave Choices Decision
I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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Dies Happily Majestically People
The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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Asana Body Prayer
It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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Art Inspiring Yoga
Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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Celebration Dies Lively
The breath must be enticed or cajoled, like catching a horse in a field, not by chasing after it, but by standing still with an apple in one’s hand.
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Breathing Hands Horse
Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
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Compassion Inspiring Teacher
In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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Body Mind Soul
Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
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Kind May Yoga

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