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Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature

B.K.S. Iyengar

Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.
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Asana Mind Past
Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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Inspiring Life Yoga
The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
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Light Special Yoga
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
You exist without the feeling of existence.
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Existence Feelings Inspiring
Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Capacity Inspiring Same Mistakes
The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.
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Journey Mean Soul
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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Doe Flower Water
Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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Inspiring Values Yoga
All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
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Divinity Flames Yoga
After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
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Mind Passive Yoga
Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires toward a judicious, intelligent awareness.
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Attention Desire Intelligent
We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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Attention Fool Wavering
If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
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Balance Eternity Present
The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.
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Life Reality Yoga
We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die….So just standing still isn’t really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.
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Challenges Disturbance Moving

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