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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

Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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Body Nervous Nervous System
Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
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Asana Body Perfect
Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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Bargain Commodity Earn Sweat
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
There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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Interpreted One Reality Way
Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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Cells Song Yoga
Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
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Energy Mind Restless Yoga
Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
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Inspiring Symphony Yoga
Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Art Philosophy Yoga
The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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Art Inspiring Teaching
From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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Body Mind Ultimate Freedom
To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
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Active Dull Easy
If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
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Balance Eternity Present
Without education, confidence does not come.
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Come Confidence Education
There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
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Everywhere Ourselves Reality Universal
Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires toward a judicious, intelligent awareness.
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Attention Desire Intelligent

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