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Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.

B.K.S. Iyengar

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
If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.
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Anything Body Mind Right
Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.
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Keys Pain Yoga
We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
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Body Eye Two
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
Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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Activity Together
Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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Asana Body Layers
In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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Body Mind Soul
Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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Community Growth Yoga
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
The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.
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Journey Mean Soul
It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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Art Inspiring Yoga
As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.
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Body Important Soul
You exist without the feeling of existence.
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Existence Feelings Inspiring
Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
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Anyone Savasana War
Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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Celebration Dies Lively

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