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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

Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
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Effort Practice Yoga
Life means to be living.Problems will always be there. When they arise navigate through them with yoga- don’t take a break.
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Inspiring Mean Yoga
When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
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Mind Soul Stills
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
The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.
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Body Painting relief
Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.
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Life Sweat Yoga
As a mighty river which when properly harnessed by dams and canals, creates a vast reservoir of water, prevents famine and provides abundant power for industry; so also the mind, when controlled, provides a reservoir of peace and generates abundant energy for the human uplift.
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Rivers Uplifting Water
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
When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
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Awareness Moving Way
If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
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Armpits Brain Light
Do to your capacity. Always strive to extend your capacity. Ten minutes today, after a few days, twelve minutes. Master that, then again extend.
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Strive Today Twelve
When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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Clarity Habit Maturity
Be inspired but not proud.
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Inspired Inspiring Proud
You exist without the feeling of existence.
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Existence Feelings Inspiring
The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It’s about using posture to understand and transform yourself.
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Asana Posture Study

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