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As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.

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Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.
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Fire Flames Yoga
Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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Inspiring Willingness Willpower
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 light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
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Inspiring Motivational Success
When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
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Mind Soul Stills
Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.
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Bliss Inspiring Missing
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 yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.
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Forget Past Yogi
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
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 ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.
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Goal Soul Yoga
Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
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Focus Inspiring Jobs
While doing the postures, your mind should be in half-consciousn ess, which does not mean sleep. It means silence, emptiness, space, which can then be filled with an acute awareness of the sensations given by the posture. You watch yourself from inside. It is a full silence.
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Mean Sleep Space
Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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Awareness Rays Sun
Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Art Philosophy Yoga
Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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Asana Kings Reason

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