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Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.
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Life Sweat Yoga
Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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Inspiring Life Yoga
Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
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Compassion Inspiring Teacher
Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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Fulfillment Plant Sunlight
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
When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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Clarity Habit Maturity
I don’t stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
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Body Self Yoga
Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Practice Substitute Yoga
A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
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May Mind World
The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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Asana Body Prayer
The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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Adventure Inspiring Journey
There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
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Everywhere Ourselves Reality Universal
If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
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Armpits Brain Light
Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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Children Inspiring Soul
It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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Doe Way 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
Look after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health of the body, and the fragrance of the mind and richness of the spirit will follow.
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Flower Roots Tree
You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement.
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Mistake Trying Way
Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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Awareness Rays Sun
Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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Inspiring Willingness Willpower
If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
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Armpit Armpits Open
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
It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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Late Practice Yoga
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
Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
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Inspiring Motivational Success
Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.
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Art Soul Yoga
I don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I don’t want yesterday’s experience. I want to see what new understanding may come in addition to what I felt up to now.
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Practice Understanding Yesterday

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