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Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.

B.K.S. Iyengar

When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
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Mind Soul Stills
Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment.
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Contentment Failure Success
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
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
If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circumstances.
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Practice Self Yoga
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
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
I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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Dies Happily Majestically People
Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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Pose Relaxation Repose
You exist without the feeling of existence.
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Existence Feelings Inspiring
Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
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Force Nothing Receptivity
When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
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Inspiring Success 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
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
Be inspired but not proud.
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Inspired Inspiring Proud
Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.
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Backbends Meditation Posture

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