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Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough – whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
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Little Things Littles Thinking
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
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
People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age.
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Age Body People
Action is movement with intelligence
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Action Intelligence Movement
Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
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Inspiring Success Yoga
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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Body Health Mind Soul
I don’t stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
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Body Self Yoga
Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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Fulfillment Plant Sunlight
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
Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it
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Freedom Inspiring 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
Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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Inspiring Keys Yoga
There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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Interpreted One Reality Way
The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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Asana Body Brain
All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
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Divinity Flames Yoga

Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough – whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.

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Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough – whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.

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