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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

Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Capacity Inspiring Same Mistakes
The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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Art Inspiring Teaching
Look after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health of the body, and the fragrance of the mind and richness of the spirit will follow.
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Flower Roots Tree
The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.
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Forget Past Yogi
It is through the body that everything comes to the mind. It is through and with your body that you have to reach realization of being a spark of divinity. How can we neglect the temple of the spirit?
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Body Mind Realization
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
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
Without education, confidence does not come.
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Come Confidence Education
Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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Inspiring Keys Yoga
There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.
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Differences Ideas Soul
When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
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Inspiring Mistake Trying
Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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Inspiring Willingness Willpower
The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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Asana Body Prayer
As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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Mind Moving Wind
Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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Inspiring Values Yoga
Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.
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Inspiring Life Need Yoga

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