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There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.

B.K.S. Iyengar

First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.
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Differences Mind Yoga
The yogi cannot be afraid to die, because he has brought life to every cell of his body. We are afraid to die, because we are afraid we have not lived. The yogi has lived.
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Body Cells Yogi
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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Body Health Mind Soul
We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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Attention Fool Wavering
Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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Accurate Movement Spine
Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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Asana Body Layers
The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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Adventure Inspiring Journey
Through surrender the aspirant’s ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
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Ego Grace Rain
As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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Mind Moving Wind
I don’t stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
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Body Self Yoga
When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
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Mind Soul Stills
Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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Block Flow Mind
I also say with backbends, you have to be cautiously bold. Not carelessly bold. You have to descend to the dictation of the spine. You cannot command from the brain to do the poses. As you play with a child, guarding the child from injuries, similarly you have to play in backbends, guarding your spine.
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Brain Children Play
It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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Body Divinity Yoga
Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.
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Long Odds Practice
Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
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