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If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.

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The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.
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Body Painting relief
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
After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
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Mind Passive 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
We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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Body Mind Need Sound
If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
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Armpits Brain Light
Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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Inspiring Willingness Willpower
Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.
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Discrimination Men Real
We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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Infinite Littles Pieces
The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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Calm Chaos Yoga
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
Action is movement with intelligence
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Action Intelligence Movement
Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
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Force Nothing Receptivity
Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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Abundance Humility Love
The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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Art Inspiring Teaching
In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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Body Mind Soul

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