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The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.

B.K.S. Iyengar

In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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Body Mind Soul
Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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Constant Eternal Reality
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
When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.
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Asana Body Posture
The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It’s about using posture to understand and transform yourself.
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Asana Posture Study
Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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Looks Mirrors Yoga
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
Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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Awareness Rays Sun
You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.
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Heart Life Yoga
A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
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Explore Good Helping Maximum Teacher
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 allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.
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Inspiring Life Wholeness Yoga
It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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Body Divinity 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
How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
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Big God Inspiring Know
It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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Late Practice Yoga

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