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Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.

B.K.S. Iyengar

The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
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Faces Overcoming Way
This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
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Garden Weed Yoga
Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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Cells Song Yoga
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
The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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Art Inspiring Teaching
Action is movement with intelligence
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Action Intelligence Movement
Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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Attention Self Worry
The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It’s about using posture to understand and transform yourself.
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Asana Posture Study
Yoga is the music of the soul. So do continue, and the gates of the soul will open.
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Gates Soul Yoga
Lack of knowledge is the source of all pains and sorrows whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted or fully active.
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Dormant Pain Sorrow
The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.
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Body Mind 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
Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.
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Inspiring Stress Struggle
Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.
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Long Odds Practice
The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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Adventure Inspiring Journey
Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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Hard Work Humility Spiritual

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