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First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.

B.K.S. Iyengar

A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
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Brain Feet Yogi
In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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Body Mind Soul
Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
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Little Things Littles Thinking
The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
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Light Special Yoga
Yoga is the music of the soul. So do continue, and the gates of the soul will open.
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Gates Soul Yoga
Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.
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Mind Self Yoga
Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.
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Flower Yield Yoga
When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world, but by being a healthy, living organ of the body of humanity.
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Healthy Humanity Soul
Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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Awareness Rays Sun
I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
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Life Thinking 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 a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Art Philosophy Yoga
The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.
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Goal Soul Yoga
We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
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Body Eye Two
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
Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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Fulfillment Plant Sunlight

First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.

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First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.

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