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The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.

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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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Done Heart Yoga
Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.
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Life Sweat 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
We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
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Body Eye Two
After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
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Mind Passive Yoga
When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world, but by being a healthy, living organ of the body of humanity.
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Healthy Humanity Soul
I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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Prayer Standing Yoga
Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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Asana Kings Reason
The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.
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Forget Past Yogi
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
The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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Want Yoga Yoga Practice
It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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Doe Way Yoga
When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.
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Brain Mind Sake
My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
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Accomplish Crazy Passionate
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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Freedom Inspiring Yoga
Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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Block Flow Mind

The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.

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