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When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.

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People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age.
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Age Body People
Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Art Philosophy Yoga
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
Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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Fulfillment Plant Sunlight
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
Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
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Focus Inspiring Jobs
Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.
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Flower Yield Yoga
Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
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Kind May Yoga
Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart
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Done Heart Yoga
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
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
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 decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
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Brave Choices Decision
There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.
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Differences Ideas Soul
It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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Body Divinity Yoga
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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