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Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.

B.K.S. Iyengar

To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
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Active Dull Easy
The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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Asana Body Prayer
Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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Block Flow Mind
There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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Interpreted One Reality Way
We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die….So just standing still isn’t really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.
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Challenges Disturbance Moving
My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
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Accomplish Crazy Passionate
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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Body Health Mind Soul
The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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Adventure Inspiring Journey
Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.
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Bliss Inspiring Missing
Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.
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Journey Self 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
Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Art Philosophy Yoga
Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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Awareness Rays Sun
Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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Children Inspiring Soul
A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
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Explore Good Helping Maximum Teacher
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

Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.

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