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When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.

B.K.S. Iyengar

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
The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
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Body Needs Spirit
Move from the known to the unknown.
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Moving Shack Unknown Worlds
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
As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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Mind Moving Wind
The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
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Lakes Mind Self
There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
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Issues Keys Progress
Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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Pose Relaxation Repose
Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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Body Nervous Nervous System
Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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Achieve Doubt Mind
It is through the body that everything comes to the mind. It is through and with your body that you have to reach realization of being a spark of divinity. How can we neglect the temple of the spirit?
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Body Mind Realization
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.
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Body Health Inspiring Soul
The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.
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Goal Soul Yoga
Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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Constant Eternal Reality
The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.
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Bird Practice Soul
Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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Giving Principle Student

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