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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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From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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Body Mind Ultimate Freedom
To be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
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Active Dull Easy
If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
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Armpit Armpits Open
If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
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Armpits Brain Light
After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
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Mind Passive Yoga
The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.
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Inspiring Light Shining
Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny.
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Humility Love Yoga
When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment.
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Practice Self Yoga
Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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Fulfillment Plant Sunlight
When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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Clarity Habit Maturity
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
Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.
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Inspiring Stress Struggle
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
Is it necessary to practice all these asanas, further and further? Is it necessary to develop scientific researches further and further? To a yogi, the body is a laboratory, a field of experiments and perpetual researches.
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Body Practice Research
The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.
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Goal Soul Yoga
A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
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Brain Feet Yogi

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