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The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.

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The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.
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Forget Past Yogi
We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die….So just standing still isn’t really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.
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Challenges Disturbance Moving
Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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Asana Kings Reason
It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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Art Inspiring Yoga
It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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Doe Way Yoga
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
When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
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Clarity Habit Maturity
Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
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Accurate Movement Spine
Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
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Anyone Savasana War
Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.
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Flower Yield Yoga
Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
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Inspiring Symphony Yoga
I don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I don’t want yesterday’s experience. I want to see what new understanding may come in addition to what I felt up to now.
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Practice Understanding Yesterday
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
Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.
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Long Odds Practice
As each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its essence, one needs a religiously attentive dynamic practice done with awareness and absorption.
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Essence Order Yoga
The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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Today Yesterday Yoga

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