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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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Inspiring Values Yoga
Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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Looks Mirrors Yoga
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
Action is movement with intelligence
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Action Intelligence Movement
Practice doing yoga with an innocent mind. Then, you will be able to cognize the things happening in your body
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Mind Practice Yoga
Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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Giving Principle Student
Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.
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Life Sweat Yoga
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
When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
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Awareness Moving Way
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
Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.
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Body Challenges Mind Weak
Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.
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India Nations Peace
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
Don’t practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.
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Inner Beauty Light Practice
Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
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Compassion Inspiring Teacher
We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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Attention Fool Wavering

Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny.

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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny.

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