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When I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist.

B.K.S. Iyengar

In your discipline, if doubt comes, let it come. You do your work and let doubt carry on with its work. And let us see which gives up first!
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Discipline Doubt Give Up
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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Body Health Mind Soul
There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.
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Differences Ideas Soul
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
Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
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Inspiring Motivational Success
There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
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Issues Keys Progress
People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age.
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Age Body People
The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.
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Goal Soul Yoga
I also say with backbends, you have to be cautiously bold. Not carelessly bold. You have to descend to the dictation of the spine. You cannot command from the brain to do the poses. As you play with a child, guarding the child from injuries, similarly you have to play in backbends, guarding your spine.
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Brain Children Play
The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.
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Life Reality Yoga
Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Practice Substitute Yoga
I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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Dies Happily Majestically People
Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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Asana Kings Reason
As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.
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Body Important Soul
Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
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Energy Mind Restless Yoga
Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.
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Backbends Meditation Posture

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