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How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?

B.K.S. Iyengar

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
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
Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature
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Asana Body Progress
The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.
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Bird Practice Soul
A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
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May Mind World
Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
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Arrows Soul Yoga
Action is movement with intelligence
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Action Intelligence Movement
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
The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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Asana Body Prayer
Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
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Faces Helping Yoga
Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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Asana Kings Reason
Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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Giving Principle Student
Yoga releases the creative potential in life.
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Creative Release Yoga
Don’t practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.
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Inner Beauty Light Practice
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
Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.
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Flower Yield Yoga

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