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When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.

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Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Art Philosophy Yoga
Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.
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Flower Yield Yoga
Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.
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Art Soul Yoga
It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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Doe Way Yoga
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 mind is a sound body.
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Long Perfect Thinking
Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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Looks Mirrors Yoga
A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
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Brain Feet Yogi
The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.
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Ego Self Yoga
Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.
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Backbends Meditation Posture
There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
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Issues Keys Progress
Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
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Faces Helping Yoga
Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
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Anyone Savasana War
When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment.
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Practice Self Yoga
The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Today Yesterday Yoga
Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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Fulfillment Plant Sunlight
The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.
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Confusion Simplicity Yoga

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