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Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.

B.K.S. Iyengar

If you can adapt to and balance in a world that is always moving and unstable, you learn how to become tolerant to the permanence of change and difference.
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Balance Differences Moving
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
From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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Body Mind Ultimate Freedom
The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
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Spiritual Success Wisdom
It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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Art Inspiring Yoga
I also say with backbends, you have to be cautiously bold. Not carelessly bold. You have to descend to the dictation of the spine. You cannot command from the brain to do the poses. As you play with a child, guarding the child from injuries, similarly you have to play in backbends, guarding your spine.
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Brain Children Play
The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
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Lakes Mind Self
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
Yoga releases the creative potential in life.
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Creative Release Yoga
Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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Block Flow Mind
The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?
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Block Soul Wall
Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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Asana Body Layers
In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present – the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
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Balance Eternity State
Willpower is concrete, not ethereal. When you do something, you demonstrate your willpower, and it becomes all the easier to have the same power of will the next time.
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Easier Next Willpower
Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.
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Body Discrimination Mind
Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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Abundance Humility Love

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