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The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.

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
The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.
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Ego Self Yoga
It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.
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Inspiring Life Yoga
Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.
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Journey Self Yoga
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
Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.
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Keys Pain Yoga
In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present – the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
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Balance Eternity State
I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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Prayer Standing Yoga
Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.
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Asana Mind Past
Action is movement with intelligence
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Action Intelligence Movement
I think overall the majority of people who are practicing it as a subject are following the right line. For the aberration, don’t blame yoga or the whole community of yogis
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Life Thinking Yoga
Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
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Force Nothing Receptivity
The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.
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Goal Soul Yoga
We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
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Body Eye Two
As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.
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Body Important Soul
The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.
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