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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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Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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Bargain Commodity Earn Sweat
The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.
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Confusion Simplicity 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
Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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Hard Work Humility Spiritual
As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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Mind Moving Wind
Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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Fulfillment Plant Sunlight
Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
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Asana Body Perfect
Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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Children Inspiring Soul
How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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Big God Inspiring Know
Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
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Compassion Inspiring Teacher
The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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Calm Chaos Yoga
Through surrender the aspirant’s ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
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Ego Grace Rain
When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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Clarity Habit Maturity
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.
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Body Health Inspiring Soul
To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
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Active Dull Easy
Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
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Art Symmetrical Yoga

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