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I don’t stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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Block Flow Mind
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
Move from the known to the unknown.
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Moving Shack Unknown Worlds
Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.
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Long Odds Practice
All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
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Divinity Flames Yoga
It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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Body Divinity Yoga
The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
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Spiritual Success Wisdom
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
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
I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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Prayer Standing Yoga
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
You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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Faults Inspiring Same Mistakes
Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being
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Men Spiritual Yoga
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
Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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Hard Work Humility Spiritual
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

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