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Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.

B.K.S. Iyengar

The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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Art Inspiring Teaching
If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
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Armpits Brain Light
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
When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
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Inspiring Success Yoga
The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
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Light Special Yoga
Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature
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Asana Body Progress
The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?
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Block Soul Wall
The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Today Yesterday 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
The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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Calm Chaos Yoga
Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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Inspiring Keys Yoga
A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him.
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Blow Self Wind
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
I don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I don’t want yesterday’s experience. I want to see what new understanding may come in addition to what I felt up to now.
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Practice Understanding Yesterday
Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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Mind Soul Training
Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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Accurate Movement Spine

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