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Through surrender the aspirant’s ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
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Ego Grace Rain
When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
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Mind Soul Stills
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
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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Keys Pain Yoga
The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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Adventure Inspiring Journey
Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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Cells Song Yoga
The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.
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Asana Challenges Gains
When I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist.
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Artist Inspiring Practice
A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
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Brain Feet Yogi
In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present – the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
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Balance Eternity State
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
As animals, we walk the earth. As bearers of divine essence, we are among the stars. As human beings, we are caught in the middle, seeking to reconcile the paradox of how to make our way upon earth while striving for something more permanent and more profound.
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Animal Essence Stars
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
Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature
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Asana Body Progress
All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
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Divinity Flames Yoga
Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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Approach Asana Freshness
True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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Awareness Inspiring Unbroken
Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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Attention Self Worry
If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
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Armpit Armpits Open
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
As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
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Energy Inward Mind
An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
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Heart Intellectual Mind
When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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Clarity Habit Maturity
Yoga has a threefold impact on health. It keeps healthy people healthy, it inhibits the development of diseases, and it aids recovery from ill health.
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Impact Recovery Yoga
Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Capacity Inspiring Same Mistakes
Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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Extensions Precision Space
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

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