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There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.

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Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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Inspiring Life Yoga
The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.
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Body Mind Practice
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
You exist without the feeling of existence.
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Existence Feelings Inspiring
Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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Inspiring Willingness Willpower
Willpower is concrete, not ethereal. When you do something, you demonstrate your willpower, and it becomes all the easier to have the same power of will the next time.
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Easier Next Willpower
There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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Interpreted One Reality Way
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
In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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Body Mind Soul
Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.
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Body Challenges Mind Weak
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
During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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Clouds Moving Sky
We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
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Above Limitation Rise
There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.
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Differences Ideas Soul
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
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

There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.

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