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The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.

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When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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Clarity Habit Maturity
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
We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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Body Mind Need Sound
Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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Approach Asana Freshness
If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circumstances.
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Practice Self Yoga
Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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Fulfillment Plant Sunlight
Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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Inspiring Life Yoga
The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?
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Block Soul Wall
Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being
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Men Spiritual Yoga
People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age.
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Age Body People
I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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Prayer Standing Yoga
Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.
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Body Discrimination Mind
You have to create love and affection for your body, for what it can do for you. Love must be incarnated in the smallest pore of the skin, the smallest cell of the body to make them intelligent so they can collaborate with all the other ones, in the big republic of the body. This love must radiate from you to others.
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Cells Intelligent Skins
The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
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Lakes Mind Self
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
Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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Asana Body Layers

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