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

B.K.S. Iyengar

Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Inspiring Motivational Success
Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Art Philosophy Yoga
The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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Asana Body Prayer
The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
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Spiritual Success Wisdom
As long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the mind. The sound mind is a sound body.
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Long Perfect Thinking
A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him.
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Blow Self Wind
To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
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Active Dull Easy
I don’t stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
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Body Self Yoga
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
An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
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Heart Intellectual Mind
Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
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Inspiring Success Yoga
The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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Art Inspiring Teaching
Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.
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Long Odds Practice
Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment.
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Contentment Failure Success
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
Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
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Effort Practice Yoga

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