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Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.

B.K.S. Iyengar

By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom.
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Illumination Journey Yoga
When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment.
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Practice Self Yoga
We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
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Above Limitation Rise
We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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Attention Fool Wavering
When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
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Inspiring Mistake Trying
Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
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Kind May 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
Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Art Philosophy Yoga
Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature
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Asana Body Progress
If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
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Balance Eternity Present
Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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Body Nervous Nervous System
Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Capacity Inspiring Same Mistakes
When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
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Awareness Moving Way
Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.
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Body Discrimination Mind
Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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Block Flow Mind
As animals, we walk the earth. As bearers of divine essence, we are among the stars. As human beings, we are caught in the middle, seeking to reconcile the paradox of how to make our way upon earth while striving for something more permanent and more profound.
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Animal Essence Stars

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