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When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.

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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
Move from the known to the unknown.
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Moving Shack Unknown Worlds
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
When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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Clarity Habit Maturity
Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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Asana Body Layers
I don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I don’t want yesterday’s experience. I want to see what new understanding may come in addition to what I felt up to now.
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Practice Understanding Yesterday
During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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Clouds Moving Sky
Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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Asana Kings Reason
Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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Inspiring Values Yoga
Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
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Asana Body Perfect
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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Practice Self Yoga
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.
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Body Health Inspiring Soul
Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
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Focus Inspiring Jobs
If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
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Armpits Brain Light
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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Humility Love Yoga
There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
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Everywhere Ourselves Reality Universal

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