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

B.K.S. Iyengar

After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
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Mind Passive Yoga
Yoga is the music of the soul. So do continue, and the gates of the soul will open.
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Gates Soul Yoga
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
Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment.
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Contentment Failure Success
Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
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Inspiring Success Yoga
I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
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Life Thinking Yoga
When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
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Awareness Moving Way
Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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Block Flow Mind
We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.
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Blood Cells Practice
People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age.
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Age Body People
A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
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Explore Good Helping Maximum Teacher
Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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Awareness Rays Sun
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
We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
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Attention Fool Wavering
Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough – whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.
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Greed Letting Go Yoga
Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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Achieve Doubt Mind

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