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Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.

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During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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Clouds Moving Sky
If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circumstances.
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Practice Self Yoga
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
You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement.
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Mistake Trying Way
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
The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.
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Inspiring Light Shining
Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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Asana Body Layers
The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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Asana Body Brain
A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
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May Mind World
An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
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Heart Intellectual Mind
As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.
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Body Important Soul
The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Today Yesterday Yoga
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
Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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Approach Asana Freshness
Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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Body Nervous Nervous System
The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.
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Forget Past Yogi

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