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Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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Activity Together
The breath must be enticed or cajoled, like catching a horse in a field, not by chasing after it, but by standing still with an apple in one’s hand.
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Breathing Hands Horse
Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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Mind Soul Training
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
Breath is the king of mind.
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Inspiring Kings Mind
An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
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Heart Intellectual Mind
Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.
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Fire Flames Yoga
Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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Constant Eternal Reality
From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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Body Mind Ultimate Freedom
Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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Celebration Dies Lively
Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it
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Freedom Inspiring Yoga
During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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Clouds Moving Sky
Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
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Asana Body Perfect
Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
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Arrows Soul Yoga
As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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Mind Moving Wind
My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
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Accomplish Crazy Passionate

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