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When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.

B.K.S. Iyengar

We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sides.
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Mind Party Two
Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
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Anyone Savasana War
Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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Community Growth Yoga
Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it
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Freedom Inspiring Yoga
While doing the postures, your mind should be in half-consciousn ess, which does not mean sleep. It means silence, emptiness, space, which can then be filled with an acute awareness of the sensations given by the posture. You watch yourself from inside. It is a full silence.
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Mean Sleep Space
Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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Fulfillment Plant Sunlight
Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Art Philosophy Yoga
Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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Block Flow Mind
Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.
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Backbends Meditation Posture
Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.
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Body Discrimination Mind
From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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Body Mind Ultimate Freedom
Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.
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Art Soul Yoga
The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.
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Journey Mean Soul
Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
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Inspiring Symphony Yoga
You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.
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Heart Life Yoga
Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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Accurate Movement Spine

When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.

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When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.

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