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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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A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
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Brain Feet Yogi
Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
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Art Symmetrical Yoga
Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
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Force Nothing Receptivity
The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.
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Bird Practice Soul
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
The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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Asana Body Prayer
I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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Prayer Standing Yoga
Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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Extensions Precision Space
Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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Abundance Humility Love
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
As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
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Energy Inward Mind
If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
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Balance Eternity Present
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
Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.
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Goal Inspiring Spirituality
Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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Constant Eternal Reality
A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
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May Mind World

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