An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
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Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart
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Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.
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Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.
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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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Be inspired but not proud.
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Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
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Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.
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Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
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Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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