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A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him.

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Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
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Anyone Savasana War
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
Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Art Philosophy Yoga
If you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.
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Maturity Perseverance Yoga
The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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Adventure Inspiring Journey
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
Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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Activity Together
The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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Calm Chaos Yoga
If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.
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Anything Body Mind Right
Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Practice Substitute Yoga
Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one’s actions.
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Attitude Skills Yoga
During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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Clouds Moving Sky
The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?
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Block Soul Wall
Breath is the king of mind.
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Inspiring Kings Mind
When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
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Inspiring Mistake Trying
We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sides.
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Mind Party Two

A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him.

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