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The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.

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Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.
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May Suffering Thinking
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
If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
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Armpit Armpits Open
We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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Body Mind Need Sound
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
When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.
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Asana Body Posture
It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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Art Inspiring Yoga
Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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Asana Kings Reason
Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.
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Goal Inspiring Spirituality
Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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Extensions Precision Space
The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.
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Doe Flower Water
Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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Cells Song Yoga
As a well cut diamond has many facets, each reflecting a different color of light, so does the word yoga, each facet reflecting a different shade of meaning and revealing different aspects of the entire range of human endeavor to win inner peace and happiness.
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Cutting Winning Yoga
Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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Inspiring Keys Yoga
The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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Asana Body Brain
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

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