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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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Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.
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Breath Kings Mind
The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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Asana Body Brain
Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.
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Emotional Intellectual Soul
Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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Body Nervous Nervous System
The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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Calm Chaos Yoga
The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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Adventure Inspiring Journey
A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
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May Mind World
There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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Interpreted One Reality Way
Do to your capacity. Always strive to extend your capacity. Ten minutes today, after a few days, twelve minutes. Master that, then again extend.
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Strive Today Twelve
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
The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Today Yesterday 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
Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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Awareness Rays Sun
Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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Approach Asana Freshness
The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
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Spiritual Success Wisdom
You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement.
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Mistake Trying Way

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