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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.

B.K.S. Iyengar

When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.
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Asana Body Posture
If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.
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Anything Body Mind Right
The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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Want Yoga Yoga Practice
The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.
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Journey Mean Soul
Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Capacity Inspiring Same Mistakes
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
Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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Inspiring Willingness Willpower
The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.
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Doe Flower Water
Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
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Arrows Soul Yoga
From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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Body Mind Ultimate Freedom
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 hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.
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Inspiring Light Shining
The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?
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Block Soul Wall
As each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its essence, one needs a religiously attentive dynamic practice done with awareness and absorption.
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Essence Order Yoga
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
I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
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Life Thinking Yoga

I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.

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