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The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?

B.K.S. Iyengar

There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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Interpreted One Reality Way
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 mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
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Mind Soul Stills
Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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Abundance Humility Love
The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It’s about using posture to understand and transform yourself.
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Asana Posture Study
I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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Prayer Standing Yoga
Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
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Disappointment Inspiring Practice
Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
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Art Symmetrical Yoga
It is never too late in life to practice yoga
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Late Practice Yoga
Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny.
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Humility Love Yoga
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
The pose begins when you want to leave it.
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Want Yoga Yoga Practice
Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
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Anyone Savasana War
Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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Approach Asana Freshness
Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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Inspiring Keys Yoga
When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
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Inspiring Mistake Trying

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