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Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being

B.K.S. Iyengar

Breath is the king of mind.
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Inspiring Kings Mind
Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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Abundance Humility Love
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
Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Practice Substitute Yoga
The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
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Body Needs Spirit
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
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
Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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Inspiring Keys Yoga
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
I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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Prayer Standing Yoga
The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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Want Yoga Yoga Practice
From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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Body Mind Ultimate Freedom
The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.
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Body Painting relief
Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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Pose Relaxation Repose
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 a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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Looks Mirrors Yoga

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