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Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Capacity Inspiring Same Mistakes
It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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Late Practice Yoga
This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
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Garden Weed Yoga
Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
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Asana Body Perfect
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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Body Health Mind Soul
Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.
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Breath Kings Mind
It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.
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Inspiring Life Yoga
As a mighty river which when properly harnessed by dams and canals, creates a vast reservoir of water, prevents famine and provides abundant power for industry; so also the mind, when controlled, provides a reservoir of peace and generates abundant energy for the human uplift.
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Rivers Uplifting Water
Do to your capacity. Always strive to extend your capacity. Ten minutes today, after a few days, twelve minutes. Master that, then again extend.
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Strive Today Twelve
During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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Clouds Moving Sky
I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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Dies Happily Majestically People
It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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Art Inspiring Yoga
While doing the postures, your mind should be in half-consciousn ess, which does not mean sleep. It means silence, emptiness, space, which can then be filled with an acute awareness of the sensations given by the posture. You watch yourself from inside. It is a full silence.
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Mean Sleep Space
Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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Giving Principle Student
We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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Body Mind Need Sound
There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
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Issues Keys Progress

Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.

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Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.

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