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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

Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.
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Asana Mind Past
Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
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Compassion Inspiring Teacher
A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
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Brain Feet Yogi
One’s spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one’s fellow beings.
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Inspiring Lying Spiritual
Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Practice Substitute Yoga
Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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Community Growth Yoga
We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
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Above Limitation Rise
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 uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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Discipline Soul Yoga
Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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Bargain Commodity Earn Sweat
Yoga has a threefold impact on health. It keeps healthy people healthy, it inhibits the development of diseases, and it aids recovery from ill health.
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Impact Recovery Yoga
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
In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present – the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
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Balance Eternity State
Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.
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Goal Inspiring Spirituality
Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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Accurate Movement Spine
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

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