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Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart

B.K.S. Iyengar

During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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Clouds Moving Sky
Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
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Little Things Littles Thinking
Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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Block Flow Mind
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
The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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Art Inspiring Teaching
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
Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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Balance Body Foundation
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
Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.
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May Suffering Thinking
I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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Dies Happily Majestically People
We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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Attention Fool Wavering
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
Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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Constant Eternal Reality
Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.
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Mind Self Yoga
When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world, but by being a healthy, living organ of the body of humanity.
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Healthy Humanity Soul
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

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