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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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The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
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Body Needs Spirit
Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge.
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End Ignorance Knowledge
An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
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Heart Intellectual Mind
Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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Pose Relaxation Repose
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
Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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Inspiring Values Yoga
When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
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Mind Soul Stills
I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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Prayer Standing 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
Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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Discipline Soul Yoga
Action is movement with intelligence
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Action Intelligence Movement
Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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Body Nervous Nervous System
Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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Inspiring Life Yoga
Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Capacity Inspiring Same Mistakes
True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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Awareness Inspiring Unbroken
A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
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Explore Good Helping Maximum Teacher

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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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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