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The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today

B.K.S. Iyengar

Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature
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Asana Body Progress
Breath is the king of mind.
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Inspiring Kings Mind
The yogi cannot be afraid to die, because he has brought life to every cell of his body. We are afraid to die, because we are afraid we have not lived. The yogi has lived.
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Body Cells Yogi
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
True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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Awareness Inspiring Unbroken
The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.
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Life Reality Yoga
Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.
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Bliss Inspiring Missing
Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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Celebration Dies Lively
As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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Mind Moving Wind
If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
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Armpit Armpits Open
Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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Activity Together
Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart
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Done Heart Yoga
It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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Doe Way Yoga
Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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Approach Asana Freshness
First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.
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Differences Mind Yoga
Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.
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Backbends Meditation Posture

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