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I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires toward a judicious, intelligent awareness.
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Attention Desire Intelligent
Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.
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Bliss Inspiring Missing
Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.
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Fire Flames Yoga
The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
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Lakes Mind Self
A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
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Brain Feet Yogi
Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.
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Inspiring Stress Struggle
Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough – whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.
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Greed Letting Go Yoga
Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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Hard Work Humility Spiritual
We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
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Body Eye Two
The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
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Light Special Yoga
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
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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Body Health Mind Soul
If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
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Armpit Armpits Open
The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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Want Yoga Yoga Practice
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
Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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Attention Self Worry

I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.

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