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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.

B.K.S. Iyengar

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
There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.
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Differences Ideas Soul
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
The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.
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Body Mind Practice
Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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Abundance Humility Love
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
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 highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Today Yesterday Yoga
The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
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Body Needs Spirit
In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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Body Mind Soul
As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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Mind Moving Wind
Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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Giving Principle Student
Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
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Inspiring Symphony Yoga
Practice doing yoga with an innocent mind. Then, you will be able to cognize the things happening in your body
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Mind Practice Yoga
Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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Celebration Dies Lively
Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge.
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End Ignorance Knowledge

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