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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.

B.K.S. Iyengar

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
Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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Bargain Commodity Earn Sweat
Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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Inspiring Willingness Willpower
Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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Attention Self Worry
Move from the known to the unknown.
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Moving Shack Unknown Worlds
If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
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Armpits Brain Light
Be inspired but not proud.
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Inspired Inspiring Proud
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
The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.
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Goal Soul Yoga
It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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Late Practice Yoga
Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.
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Body Challenges Mind Weak
Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.
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Fire Flames Yoga
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
Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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Pose Relaxation Repose
I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
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Life Thinking Yoga
Yoga has a threefold impact on health. It keeps healthy people healthy, it inhibits the development of diseases, and it aids recovery from ill health.
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Impact Recovery Yoga

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