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An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Through surrender the aspirant’s ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
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Ego Grace Rain
People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age.
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Age Body People
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
Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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Approach Asana Freshness
Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.
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Emotional Intellectual Soul
Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Practice Substitute Yoga
I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Empty Empty Mind Mind
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
Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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Asana Body Layers
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
All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
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Divinity Flames Yoga
Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.
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Inspiring Life Wholeness Yoga
You exist without the feeling of existence.
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Existence Feelings Inspiring
Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Art Philosophy Yoga
Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
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Force Nothing Receptivity
Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
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Arrows Soul Yoga

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