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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.

B.K.S. Iyengar

The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.
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Bird Practice Soul
Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.
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Goal Inspiring Spirituality
When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.
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Brain Mind Sake
Breath is the king of mind.
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Inspiring Kings Mind
Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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Asana Kings Reason
If you can adapt to and balance in a world that is always moving and unstable, you learn how to become tolerant to the permanence of change and difference.
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Balance Differences Moving
Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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Body Nervous Nervous System
I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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Prayer Standing Yoga
Be inspired but not proud.
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Inspired Inspiring Proud
We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
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Above Limitation Rise
Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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Approach Asana Freshness
Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one’s life purposeful, useful and noble.
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Art Philosophy Spiritual
Action is movement with intelligence
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Action Intelligence Movement
When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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Clarity Habit Maturity
There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
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Everywhere Ourselves Reality Universal
People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age.
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Age Body People

I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.

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