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I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.

B.K.S. Iyengar

After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
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Mind Passive Yoga
Lack of knowledge is the source of all pains and sorrows whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted or fully active.
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Dormant Pain Sorrow
Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
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Asana Body Perfect
Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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Activity Together
Move from the known to the unknown.
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Moving Shack Unknown Worlds
From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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Body Mind Ultimate Freedom
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
Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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Community Growth Yoga
Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.
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Emotional Intellectual Soul
Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Capacity Inspiring Same Mistakes
The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.
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Forget Past Yogi
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
Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
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Compassion Inspiring Teacher
Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
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Force Nothing Receptivity
Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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Mind Soul Training
Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
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Disappointment Inspiring Practice

I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.

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