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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.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.
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Mind Self Yoga
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
True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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Awareness Inspiring Unbroken
The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
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Lakes Mind Self
Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.
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Goal Inspiring Spirituality
Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.
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Broken Inspiring Yoga
Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.
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Aim Awareness Yoga
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
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
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
The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
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Faces Overcoming Way
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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Emotional Intellectual Soul
As a mighty river which when properly harnessed by dams and canals, creates a vast reservoir of water, prevents famine and provides abundant power for industry; so also the mind, when controlled, provides a reservoir of peace and generates abundant energy for the human uplift.
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Rivers Uplifting Water
Look after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health of the body, and the fragrance of the mind and richness of the spirit will follow.
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Flower Roots Tree
Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
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Inspiring Motivational Success
As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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Mind Moving Wind

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