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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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Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
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Disappointment Inspiring Practice
You exist without the feeling of existence.
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Existence Feelings Inspiring
It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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Late Practice Yoga
Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one’s life purposeful, useful and noble.
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Art Philosophy Spiritual
We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
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Above Limitation Rise
You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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Faults Inspiring Same Mistakes
As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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Mind Moving Wind
Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
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Inspiring Symphony Yoga
Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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Approach Asana Freshness
I also say with backbends, you have to be cautiously bold. Not carelessly bold. You have to descend to the dictation of the spine. You cannot command from the brain to do the poses. As you play with a child, guarding the child from injuries, similarly you have to play in backbends, guarding your spine.
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Brain Children Play
As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.
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Body Important Soul
Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.
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Emotional Intellectual Soul
Look after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health of the body, and the fragrance of the mind and richness of the spirit will follow.
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Flower Roots Tree
It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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Body Divinity Yoga
There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
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Everywhere Ourselves Reality Universal
Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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Accurate Movement Spine

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