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Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.

B.K.S. Iyengar

By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom.
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Illumination Journey Yoga
A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him.
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Blow Self Wind
Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.
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May Suffering Thinking
You have to create love and affection for your body, for what it can do for you. Love must be incarnated in the smallest pore of the skin, the smallest cell of the body to make them intelligent so they can collaborate with all the other ones, in the big republic of the body. This love must radiate from you to others.
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Cells Intelligent Skins
Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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Achieve Doubt Mind
The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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Want Yoga Yoga Practice
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
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
Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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Block Flow Mind
The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
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Brave Choices Decision
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
It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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Body Divinity Yoga
Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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Balance Body Foundation
When I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist.
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Artist Inspiring Practice
As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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Mind Moving Wind
Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.
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Emotional Intellectual Soul

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