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Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.

B.K.S. Iyengar

People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age.
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Age Body People
Be inspired but not proud.
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Inspired Inspiring Proud
When I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist.
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Artist Inspiring Practice
Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.
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Broken Inspiring Yoga
Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.
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Fire Flames Yoga
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
Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
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Little Things Littles Thinking
It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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Body Divinity Yoga
The breath must be enticed or cajoled, like catching a horse in a field, not by chasing after it, but by standing still with an apple in one’s hand.
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Breathing Hands Horse
Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Practice Substitute Yoga
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
The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.
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Bird Practice Soul
Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.
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India Nations Peace
The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.
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Body Painting relief
Yoga releases the creative potential in life.
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Creative Release Yoga
Learning is as much an art as teaching
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Art Learn Teaching

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