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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.

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Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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Constant Eternal Reality
The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.
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Ego Self Yoga
The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?
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Block Soul Wall
Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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Activity Together
Breath is the king of mind.
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Inspiring Kings Mind
Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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Balance Body Foundation
In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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Body Mind Soul
Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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Celebration Dies Lively
Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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Inspiring Values Yoga
I think overall the majority of people who are practicing it as a subject are following the right line. For the aberration, don’t blame yoga or the whole community of yogis
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Life Thinking Yoga
As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
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Energy Inward Mind
There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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Interpreted One Reality Way
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
Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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Achieve Doubt Mind
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
Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
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Inspiring Success Yoga

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