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As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.

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Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.
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Art Soul Yoga
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
The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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Calm Chaos Yoga
Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.
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Backbends Meditation Posture
If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
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Balance Eternity Present
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
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
Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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Extensions Precision Space
Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.
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Body Challenges Mind Weak
When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment.
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Practice Self Yoga
As long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the mind. The sound mind is a sound body.
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Long Perfect Thinking
Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
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Compassion Inspiring Teacher
In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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Body Mind Soul
Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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Cells Song Yoga
As a well cut diamond has many facets, each reflecting a different color of light, so does the word yoga, each facet reflecting a different shade of meaning and revealing different aspects of the entire range of human endeavor to win inner peace and happiness.
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Cutting Winning Yoga
Learning is as much an art as teaching
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