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The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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Giving Principle Student
In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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Body Mind Soul
The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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Asana Body Prayer
Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny.
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Humility Love Yoga
I don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I don’t want yesterday’s experience. I want to see what new understanding may come in addition to what I felt up to now.
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Practice Understanding Yesterday
Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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Looks Mirrors Yoga
Yoga is the music of the soul. So do continue, and the gates of the soul will open.
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Gates Soul Yoga
Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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Balance Body Foundation
Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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Inspiring Values 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
Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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Approach Asana Freshness
As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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Mind Moving Wind
Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.
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May Suffering Thinking
The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Today Yesterday Yoga
Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
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Disappointment Inspiring Practice
Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
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Asana Body Perfect

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