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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

I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
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Life Thinking Yoga
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
Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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Giving Principle Student
I think overall the majority of people who are practicing it as a subject are following the right line. For the aberration, don’t blame yoga or the whole community of yogis
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Life Thinking Yoga
Breath is the king of mind.
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Inspiring Kings Mind
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
Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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Accurate Movement Spine
The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.
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Confusion Simplicity Yoga
Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Practice Substitute Yoga
Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.
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Goal Inspiring Spirituality
Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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Balance Body Foundation
The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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Art Inspiring Teaching
I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Empty Empty Mind Mind
Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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Discipline Soul Yoga
Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
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Little Things Littles Thinking
Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
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Compassion Inspiring Teacher

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