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Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.

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Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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Celebration Dies Lively
A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
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Brain Feet Yogi
Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.
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Life Sweat Yoga
Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
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Focus Inspiring Jobs
If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
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Armpits Brain Light
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
As a well cut diamond has many facets, each reflecting a different color of light, so does the word yoga, each facet reflecting a different shade of meaning and revealing different aspects of the entire range of human endeavor to win inner peace and happiness.
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Cutting Winning Yoga
From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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Body Mind Ultimate Freedom
The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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Adventure Inspiring Journey
Without education, confidence does not come.
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Come Confidence Education
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
Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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Balance Body Foundation
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
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
True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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Awareness Inspiring Unbroken
Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment.
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Contentment Failure Success

Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.

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