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Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Practice Substitute Yoga
Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough – whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.
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Greed Letting Go Yoga
The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.
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Forget Past Yogi
The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It’s about using posture to understand and transform yourself.
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Asana Posture Study
As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
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Energy Inward Mind
Yoga has a threefold impact on health. It keeps healthy people healthy, it inhibits the development of diseases, and it aids recovery from ill health.
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Impact Recovery Yoga
How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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Big God Inspiring Know
Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature
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Asana Body Progress
The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
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Body Needs Spirit
I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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Prayer Standing Yoga
Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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Asana Body Layers
The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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Art Inspiring Teaching
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
If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
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Armpits Brain Light
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
Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Art Soul Yoga

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