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Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.

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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Empty Empty Mind Mind
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
Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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Attention Self Worry
Life means to be living.Problems will always be there. When they arise navigate through them with yoga- don’t take a break.
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Inspiring Mean Yoga
Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
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Effort Practice Yoga
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
There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
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Issues Keys Progress
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
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
When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
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Mind Soul Stills
Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.
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Keys Pain Yoga
I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
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Life Thinking Yoga
If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
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Balance Eternity Present
If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
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Armpits Brain Light
Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
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Force Nothing Receptivity
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

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