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First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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Body Health Mind Soul
The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
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Spiritual Success Wisdom
I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Empty Empty Mind Mind
Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart
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Done Heart Yoga
Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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Extensions Precision Space
The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
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Brave Choices Decision
We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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Attention Fool Wavering
You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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Faults Inspiring Same Mistakes
Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.
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Life Sweat Yoga
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.
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Body Health Inspiring Soul
It is through the body that everything comes to the mind. It is through and with your body that you have to reach realization of being a spark of divinity. How can we neglect the temple of the spirit?
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Body Mind Realization
I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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Prayer Standing 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
During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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Clouds Moving Sky
Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
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Art Symmetrical Yoga
The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.
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Asana Challenges Gains

First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.

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First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.

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