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We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.

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The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
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Lakes Mind Self
If you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.
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Maturity Perseverance Yoga
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
Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
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Energy Mind Restless Yoga
Learning is as much an art as teaching
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Art Learn Teaching
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
Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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Inspiring Life Yoga
To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
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Active Dull Easy
You exist without the feeling of existence.
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Existence Feelings Inspiring
It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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Doe Way Yoga
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
Look after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health of the body, and the fragrance of the mind and richness of the spirit will follow.
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Flower Roots Tree
Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.
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Body Discrimination Mind
We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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Body Mind Need Sound
Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.
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Goal Inspiring Spirituality
The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.
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Life Reality Yoga

We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.

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