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The pose begins when you want to leave it.

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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
Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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Balance Body Foundation
The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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Art Inspiring Teaching
Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
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Little Things Littles Thinking
Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Art Philosophy Yoga
Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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Inspiring Life Yoga
When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world, but by being a healthy, living organ of the body of humanity.
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Healthy Humanity Soul
Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
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Body Nervous Nervous System
Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.
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India Nations Peace
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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Light Special Yoga
In your discipline, if doubt comes, let it come. You do your work and let doubt carry on with its work. And let us see which gives up first!
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Discipline Doubt Give Up
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
If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
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Armpit Armpits Open
Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires toward a judicious, intelligent awareness.
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Attention Desire Intelligent
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
Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.
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Asana Mind Past

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