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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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Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
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Asana Body Perfect
I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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Dies Happily Majestically People
Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.
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Art Soul Yoga
Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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Asana Body Layers
Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.
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Broken Inspiring Yoga
We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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Attention Fool Wavering
Move from the known to the unknown.
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Moving Shack Unknown Worlds
When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.
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Brain Mind Sake
Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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Cells Song Yoga
In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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Body Mind Soul
Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.
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Asana Mind Past
We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
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Body Eye Two
Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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Block Flow Mind
Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
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Kind May Yoga
You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement.
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Mistake Trying Way
If you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.
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Maturity Perseverance Yoga

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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