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An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.

B.K.S. Iyengar

The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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Adventure Inspiring Journey
Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.
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Inspiring Life Wholeness Yoga
The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.
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Body Painting relief
You exist without the feeling of existence.
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Existence Feelings Inspiring
I also say with backbends, you have to be cautiously bold. Not carelessly bold. You have to descend to the dictation of the spine. You cannot command from the brain to do the poses. As you play with a child, guarding the child from injuries, similarly you have to play in backbends, guarding your spine.
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Brain Children Play
Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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Attention Self Worry
As a mighty river which when properly harnessed by dams and canals, creates a vast reservoir of water, prevents famine and provides abundant power for industry; so also the mind, when controlled, provides a reservoir of peace and generates abundant energy for the human uplift.
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Rivers Uplifting Water
Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.
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Aim Awareness Yoga
All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
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Divinity Flames Yoga
Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
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Focus Inspiring Jobs
A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
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Explore Good Helping Maximum Teacher
When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
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Inspiring Success Yoga
We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.
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Blood Cells Practice
Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.
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Long Odds Practice
Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature
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Asana Body Progress
Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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Asana Body Layers

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