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Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.

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It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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Art Inspiring Yoga
Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
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Art Symmetrical Yoga
We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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Body Mind Need Sound
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
As a mighty river which when properly harnessed by dams and canals, creates a vast reservoir of water, prevents famine and provides abundant power for industry; so also the mind, when controlled, provides a reservoir of peace and generates abundant energy for the human uplift.
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Rivers Uplifting Water
The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Today Yesterday Yoga
Yoga releases the creative potential in life.
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Creative Release Yoga
Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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Accurate Movement Spine
If you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.
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Maturity Perseverance Yoga
Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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Pose Relaxation Repose
From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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Body Mind Ultimate Freedom
Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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Asana Kings Reason
When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
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Inspiring Mistake Trying
Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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Activity Together
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
Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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Fulfillment Plant Sunlight

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