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Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.

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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
The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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Calm Chaos Yoga
Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
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Arrows Soul Yoga
The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.
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Life Reality Yoga
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
Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
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Anyone Savasana War
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
Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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Discipline Soul Yoga
Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
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Force Nothing Receptivity
Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.
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Mind Self Yoga
We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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Body Mind Need Sound
Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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Abundance Humility Love
Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.
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Long Odds Practice
Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.
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Body Discrimination Mind
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
If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
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Armpit Armpits Open

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