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As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.

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Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.
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Inspiring Past Yoga
Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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Hard Work Humility Spiritual
Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
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Focus Inspiring Jobs
I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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Prayer Standing Yoga
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
Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.
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Body Challenges Mind Weak
Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
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Inspiring Symphony Yoga
Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
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Asana Body Perfect
Move from the known to the unknown.
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Moving Shack Unknown Worlds
You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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Faults Inspiring Same Mistakes
If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
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Armpit Armpits Open
Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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Looks Mirrors Yoga
When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
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Awareness Moving Way
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
Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.
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Backbends Meditation Posture
Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
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Faces Helping Yoga

As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.

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