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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

A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him.
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Blow Self Wind
Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
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Kind May Yoga
True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
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Awareness Inspiring Unbroken
An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
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Heart Intellectual Mind
Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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Fulfillment Plant Sunlight
Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one’s life purposeful, useful and noble.
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Art Philosophy Spiritual
Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one’s actions.
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Attitude Skills Yoga
It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.
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Inspiring Life Yoga
It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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Doe Way Yoga
Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.
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Asana Mind Past
Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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Hard Work Humility Spiritual
Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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Asana Kings Reason
Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being
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Men Spiritual Yoga
Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Practice Substitute Yoga
This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
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Garden Weed Yoga
The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
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Light Special Yoga
Don’t practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.
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Inner Beauty Light Practice
When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment.
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Practice Self Yoga
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 a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
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Inspiring Motivational Success
The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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Want Yoga Yoga Practice
Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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Activity Together
Do to your capacity. Always strive to extend your capacity. Ten minutes today, after a few days, twelve minutes. Master that, then again extend.
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Strive Today Twelve
I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Empty Empty Mind Mind
Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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Giving Principle Student
Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.
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Block Flow Mind
A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
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Explore Good Helping Maximum Teacher

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