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The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.

B.K.S. Iyengar

When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
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Awareness Moving Way
The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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Asana Body Prayer
I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Empty Empty Mind Mind
In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present – the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
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Balance Eternity State
Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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Abundance Humility Love
Yoga has a threefold impact on health. It keeps healthy people healthy, it inhibits the development of diseases, and it aids recovery from ill health.
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Impact Recovery Yoga
As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.
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Body Important Soul
If you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.
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Maturity Perseverance Yoga
Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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Extensions Precision Space
Breath is the king of mind.
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Inspiring Kings Mind
Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
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Disappointment Inspiring Practice
The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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Adventure Inspiring Journey
Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Practice Substitute Yoga
We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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Attention Fool Wavering
Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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Approach Asana Freshness
As a mighty river which when properly harnessed by dams and canals, creates a vast reservoir of water, prevents famine and provides abundant power for industry; so also the mind, when controlled, provides a reservoir of peace and generates abundant energy for the human uplift.
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Rivers Uplifting Water

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