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When I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist.

B.K.S. Iyengar

A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
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Brain Feet Yogi
We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
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Body Eye Two
Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.
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Fire Flames Yoga
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
Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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Attention Self Worry
Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being
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Men Spiritual Yoga
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
How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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Big God Inspiring Know
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
Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
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Faces Helping Yoga
When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world, but by being a healthy, living organ of the body of humanity.
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Healthy Humanity Soul
You exist without the feeling of existence.
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Existence Feelings Inspiring
Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
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Art Symmetrical Yoga
During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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Clouds Moving Sky
In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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Body Mind Soul
Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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Asana Kings Reason

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