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The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.

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The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
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Faces Overcoming Way
Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.
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Journey Self Yoga
Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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Body Nervous Nervous System
The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
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Brave Choices Decision
Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.
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Life Sweat Yoga
A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
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May Mind World
Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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Abundance Humility Love
Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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Mind Soul Training
The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.
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Goal Soul Yoga
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
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
Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
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Disappointment Inspiring Practice
If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
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Armpit Armpits Open
When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
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Inspiring Success Yoga
The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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Calm Chaos Yoga
Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being
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Men Spiritual Yoga

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