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Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Is it necessary to practice all these asanas, further and further? Is it necessary to develop scientific researches further and further? To a yogi, the body is a laboratory, a field of experiments and perpetual researches.
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Body Practice Research
In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present – the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
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Balance Eternity State
How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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Big God Inspiring Know
Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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Accurate Movement Spine
When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
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Mind Soul Stills
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
Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment.
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Contentment Failure Success
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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Body Health Mind Soul
As long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the mind. The sound mind is a sound body.
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Long Perfect Thinking
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
The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
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Body Needs Spirit
During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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Clouds Moving Sky
Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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Approach Asana Freshness
The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Today Yesterday Yoga
The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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Asana Body Prayer
Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.
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Breath Kings Mind

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