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We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sides.

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Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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Attention Self Worry
From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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Body Mind Ultimate Freedom
Action is movement with intelligence
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Action Intelligence Movement
Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
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Compassion Inspiring Teacher
Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.
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Mind Self Yoga
The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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Adventure Inspiring Journey
The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.
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Forget Past Yogi
We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.
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Blood Cells Practice
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
Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
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Little Things Littles Thinking
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
Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.
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Discrimination Men Real
The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
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Lakes Mind Self
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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Body Health Mind Soul
Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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Fulfillment Plant Sunlight
Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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Achieve Doubt Mind

We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sides.

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