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Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul

B.K.S. Iyengar

I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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Dies Happily Majestically People
A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
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Brain Feet Yogi
Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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Abundance Humility Love
Yoga is the music of the soul. So do continue, and the gates of the soul will open.
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Gates Soul Yoga
If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circumstances.
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Practice Self Yoga
Through surrender the aspirant’s ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
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Ego Grace Rain
We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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Body Mind Need Sound
The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
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Faces Overcoming Way
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
How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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Big God Inspiring Know
Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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Pose Relaxation Repose
Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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Giving Principle Student
Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough – whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.
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Greed Letting Go Yoga
Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
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Inspiring Success 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
Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
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