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As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Capacity Inspiring Same Mistakes
In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present – the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
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Balance Eternity State
You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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Faults Inspiring Same Mistakes
It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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Late Practice Yoga
Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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Hard Work Humility Spiritual
We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
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Body Eye Two
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
The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.
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Confusion Simplicity Yoga
When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
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Awareness Moving Way
There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
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Issues Keys Progress
If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
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Armpit Armpits Open
As animals, we walk the earth. As bearers of divine essence, we are among the stars. As human beings, we are caught in the middle, seeking to reconcile the paradox of how to make our way upon earth while striving for something more permanent and more profound.
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Animal Essence Stars
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
It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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Body Divinity Yoga
Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Art Philosophy Yoga
Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
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Art Symmetrical Yoga

As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.

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