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We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.

B.K.S. Iyengar

I also say with backbends, you have to be cautiously bold. Not carelessly bold. You have to descend to the dictation of the spine. You cannot command from the brain to do the poses. As you play with a child, guarding the child from injuries, similarly you have to play in backbends, guarding your spine.
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Brain Children Play
We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
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Body Eye Two
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
If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
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Balance Eternity Present
Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
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Cells Song Yoga
The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator.
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Adventure Inspiring Journey
Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.
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Life Sweat Yoga
I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Empty Empty Mind Mind
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
It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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Late Practice Yoga
Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
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Inspiring Life Yoga
Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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Community Growth Yoga
After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
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Mind Passive Yoga
The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.
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Life Reality Yoga
The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
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Body Needs Spirit
Is it necessary to practice all these asanas, further and further? Is it necessary to develop scientific researches further and further? To a yogi, the body is a laboratory, a field of experiments and perpetual researches.
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Body Practice Research

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