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A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head

B.K.S. Iyengar

Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge.
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End Ignorance Knowledge
The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.
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Doe Flower Water
Lack of knowledge is the source of all pains and sorrows whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted or fully active.
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Dormant Pain Sorrow
Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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Asana Kings Reason
Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.
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Fire Flames 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
Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.
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India Nations Peace
Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
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Anyone Savasana War
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
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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Brain Mind Sake
We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
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Body Eye Two
As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
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Energy Inward Mind
Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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Fulfillment Plant Sunlight
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
This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
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Garden Weed Yoga

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