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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.

B.K.S. Iyengar

The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Today Yesterday Yoga
Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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Hard Work Humility Spiritual
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
When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
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Mind Soul Stills
I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Empty Empty Mind Mind
Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.
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Discrimination Men Real
Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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Attention Self Worry
Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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Abundance Humility Love
Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.
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Inspiring Life Wholeness Yoga
We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.
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Blood Cells Practice
Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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Block Flow Mind
I also say with backbends, you have to be cautiously bold. Not carelessly bold. You have to descend to the dictation of the spine. You cannot command from the brain to do the poses. As you play with a child, guarding the child from injuries, similarly you have to play in backbends, guarding your spine.
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Brain Children Play
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.
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Body Health Inspiring Soul
Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge.
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End Ignorance Knowledge
Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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Body Nervous Nervous System
The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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Asana Body Prayer

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