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If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circumstances.

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An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
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Heart Intellectual Mind
Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it
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Freedom Inspiring Yoga
Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough – whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.
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Greed Letting Go Yoga
Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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Accurate Movement Spine
The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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Asana Body Prayer
After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
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Mind Passive Yoga
Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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Awareness Rays Sun
Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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Cells Song Yoga
Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.
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Inspiring Past Yoga
The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Today Yesterday Yoga
Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.
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Inspiring Stress Struggle
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
The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.
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Bird Practice Soul
Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
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Effort Practice Yoga
The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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Adventure Inspiring Journey
I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Empty Empty Mind Mind

If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circumstances.

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