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Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart

B.K.S. Iyengar

Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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Accurate Movement Spine
Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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Abundance Humility Love
Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
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Force Nothing Receptivity
A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him.
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Blow Self Wind
The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.
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Ego Self 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
An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
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Heart Intellectual Mind
It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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Body Divinity 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
This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
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Garden Weed Yoga
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
It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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Late Practice Yoga
The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
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Faces Overcoming Way
It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
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Appreciate Discovery Yoga
You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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Faults Inspiring Same Mistakes
Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.
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Breath Kings Mind

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