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All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.

B.K.S. Iyengar

In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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Body Mind Soul
Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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Looks Mirrors Yoga
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
Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.
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Aim Awareness 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
Move from the known to the unknown.
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Moving Shack Unknown Worlds
When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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Clarity Habit Maturity
Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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Balance Body Foundation
Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge.
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End Ignorance Knowledge
Look after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health of the body, and the fragrance of the mind and richness of the spirit will follow.
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Flower Roots Tree
I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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Dies Happily Majestically People
If you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.
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Maturity Perseverance Yoga
In your discipline, if doubt comes, let it come. You do your work and let doubt carry on with its work. And let us see which gives up first!
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Discipline Doubt Give Up
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
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
Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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Extensions Precision Space

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