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Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.

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
Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.
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Body Challenges Mind Weak
Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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Hard Work Humility Spiritual
The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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Asana Body Brain
During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
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Clouds Moving Sky
Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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Fulfillment Plant Sunlight
The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Today Yesterday 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
Look after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health of the body, and the fragrance of the mind and richness of the spirit will follow.
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Flower Roots Tree
Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
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Energy Mind Restless Yoga
It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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Art Inspiring Yoga
When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.
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Asana Body Posture
When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.
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Brain Mind Sake
As a mighty river which when properly harnessed by dams and canals, creates a vast reservoir of water, prevents famine and provides abundant power for industry; so also the mind, when controlled, provides a reservoir of peace and generates abundant energy for the human uplift.
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Rivers Uplifting Water
The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.
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Journey Mean Soul
Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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Discipline Soul Yoga

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