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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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In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present – the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
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Balance Eternity State
You exist without the feeling of existence.
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Existence Feelings Inspiring
You have to create love and affection for your body, for what it can do for you. Love must be incarnated in the smallest pore of the skin, the smallest cell of the body to make them intelligent so they can collaborate with all the other ones, in the big republic of the body. This love must radiate from you to others.
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Cells Intelligent Skins
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
Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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Awareness Rays Sun
True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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Awareness Inspiring Unbroken
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
We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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Body Mind Need Sound
Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.
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Aim Awareness Yoga
The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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Asana Body Prayer
Lack of knowledge is the source of all pains and sorrows whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted or fully active.
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Dormant Pain Sorrow
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
The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.
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Ego Self Yoga
The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.
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Goal Soul Yoga
The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.
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Doe Flower Water
Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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Asana Body Layers

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