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One’s spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one’s fellow beings.

B.K.S. Iyengar

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
Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
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Energy Mind Restless Yoga
Action is movement with intelligence
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Action Intelligence Movement
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
I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Empty Empty Mind Mind
Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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Approach Asana Freshness
Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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Activity Together
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
Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
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Art Symmetrical Yoga
Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.
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Art Soul Yoga
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
Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
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Compassion Inspiring Teacher
Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one’s actions.
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Attitude Skills Yoga
Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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Abundance Humility Love
The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.
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Ego Self Yoga
As each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its essence, one needs a religiously attentive dynamic practice done with awareness and absorption.
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Essence Order Yoga

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