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The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It’s about using posture to understand and transform yourself.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Yoga has a threefold impact on health. It keeps healthy people healthy, it inhibits the development of diseases, and it aids recovery from ill health.
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Impact Recovery Yoga
The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
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Brave Choices Decision
Action is movement with intelligence
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Action Intelligence Movement
As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.
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Body Important Soul
From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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Body Mind Ultimate Freedom
Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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Children Inspiring Soul
The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.
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Asana Challenges Gains
The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.
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Journey Mean Soul
The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
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Spiritual Success Wisdom
A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him.
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Blow Self Wind
Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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Extensions Precision Space
We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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Body Mind Need Sound
Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.
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Aim Awareness Yoga
The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.
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Life Reality Yoga
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
Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.
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Asana Mind Past

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