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Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.

B.K.S. Iyengar

I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
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Life Thinking Yoga
Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one’s life purposeful, useful and noble.
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Art Philosophy Spiritual
It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
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Appreciate Discovery Yoga
Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
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Force Nothing Receptivity
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
Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
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Inspiring Motivational Success
Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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Asana Body Layers
It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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Art Inspiring Yoga
Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart
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Done Heart Yoga
When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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Clarity Habit Maturity
The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
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Brave Choices Decision
As long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the mind. The sound mind is a sound body.
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Long Perfect Thinking
After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
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Mind Passive Yoga
If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.
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Anything Body Mind Right
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
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

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