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There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.

B.K.S. Iyengar

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
We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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Attention Fool Wavering
The yogi cannot be afraid to die, because he has brought life to every cell of his body. We are afraid to die, because we are afraid we have not lived. The yogi has lived.
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Body Cells Yogi
Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Practice Substitute Yoga
Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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Inspiring Values Yoga
Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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Discipline Soul Yoga
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
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
Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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Celebration Dies Lively
When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
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Mind Soul Stills
The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Today Yesterday Yoga
Look after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health of the body, and the fragrance of the mind and richness of the spirit will follow.
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Flower Roots Tree
Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
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Inspiring Symphony Yoga
True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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Awareness Inspiring Unbroken
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
If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
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Armpit Armpits Open

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