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You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
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Energy Mind Restless Yoga
Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Art Philosophy Yoga
There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.
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Differences Ideas Soul
As animals, we walk the earth. As bearers of divine essence, we are among the stars. As human beings, we are caught in the middle, seeking to reconcile the paradox of how to make our way upon earth while striving for something more permanent and more profound.
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Animal Essence Stars
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
The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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Calm Chaos Yoga
Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
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Compassion Inspiring Teacher
One’s spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one’s fellow beings.
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Inspiring Lying Spiritual
Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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Constant Eternal Reality
Life means to be living.Problems will always be there. When they arise navigate through them with yoga- don’t take a break.
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Inspiring Mean Yoga
This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
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Garden Weed Yoga
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
Without education, confidence does not come.
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Come Confidence Education
If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circumstances.
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Practice Self Yoga
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
Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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Mind Soul Training
We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die….So just standing still isn’t really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.
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Challenges Disturbance Moving
Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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Awareness Rays Sun
Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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Inspiring Willingness Willpower
It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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Body Divinity Yoga
Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.
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Inspiring Stress Struggle
During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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Clouds Moving Sky
I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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Dies Happily Majestically People
As a well cut diamond has many facets, each reflecting a different color of light, so does the word yoga, each facet reflecting a different shade of meaning and revealing different aspects of the entire range of human endeavor to win inner peace and happiness.
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Cutting Winning Yoga
Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.
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Flower Yield Yoga
You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement.
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Mistake Trying Way
Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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Cells Song Yoga

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