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Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.

B.K.S. Iyengar

When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.
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Brain Mind Sake
When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment.
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Practice Self 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
Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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Cells Song Yoga
In your discipline, if doubt comes, let it come. You do your work and let doubt carry on with its work. And let us see which gives up first!
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Discipline Doubt Give Up
There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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Interpreted One Reality Way
The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.
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Goal Soul Yoga
Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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Asana Body Layers
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
Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one’s life purposeful, useful and noble.
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Art Philosophy Spiritual
You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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Faults Inspiring Same Mistakes
Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny.
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Humility Love Yoga
Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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Inspiring Keys Yoga
You exist without the feeling of existence.
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Existence Feelings Inspiring
Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
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Little Things Littles Thinking
Through surrender the aspirant’s ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
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Ego Grace Rain

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