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During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.

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It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
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Appreciate Discovery Yoga
Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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Mind Soul Training
Willpower is concrete, not ethereal. When you do something, you demonstrate your willpower, and it becomes all the easier to have the same power of will the next time.
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Easier Next Willpower
Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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Hard Work Humility Spiritual
Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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Inspiring Values Yoga
As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
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Energy Inward Mind
The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
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Light Special Yoga
As animals, we walk the earth. As bearers of divine essence, we are among the stars. As human beings, we are caught in the middle, seeking to reconcile the paradox of how to make our way upon earth while striving for something more permanent and more profound.
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Animal Essence Stars
As a well cut diamond has many facets, each reflecting a different color of light, so does the word yoga, each facet reflecting a different shade of meaning and revealing different aspects of the entire range of human endeavor to win inner peace and happiness.
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Cutting Winning Yoga
When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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Clarity Habit Maturity
I don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I don’t want yesterday’s experience. I want to see what new understanding may come in addition to what I felt up to now.
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Practice Understanding Yesterday
We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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Attention Fool Wavering
A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
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Brain Feet Yogi
The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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Art Inspiring Teaching
Yoga releases the creative potential in life.
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Creative Release 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

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