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My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one’s actions.
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Attitude Skills Yoga
Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
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Anyone Savasana War
The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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Asana Body Prayer
Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.
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Discrimination Men Real
The yogi cannot be afraid to die, because he has brought life to every cell of his body. We are afraid to die, because we are afraid we have not lived. The yogi has lived.
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Body Cells Yogi
The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.
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Body Mind Practice
Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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Body Nervous Nervous System
Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
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Asana Body Perfect
I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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Dies Happily Majestically People
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
A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
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Brain Feet Yogi
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
After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
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Mind Passive Yoga
The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
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Body Needs Spirit
Lack of knowledge is the source of all pains and sorrows whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted or fully active.
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Dormant Pain Sorrow
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

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