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From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!

B.K.S. Iyengar

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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Greed Letting Go Yoga
Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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Achieve Doubt Mind
I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
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Prayer Standing 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
Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
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Inspiring Symphony Yoga
When I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist.
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Artist Inspiring Practice
Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
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Children Inspiring Soul
Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.
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India Nations Peace
Through surrender the aspirant’s ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
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Ego Grace Rain
It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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Doe Way Yoga
The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.
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Body Mind Practice
Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
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Discipline Soul Yoga
Breath is the king of mind.
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Inspiring Kings Mind
The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
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Faces Overcoming Way
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
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
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
The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
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Body Needs Spirit
Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
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Inspiring Willingness Willpower
It is through the body that everything comes to the mind. It is through and with your body that you have to reach realization of being a spark of divinity. How can we neglect the temple of the spirit?
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Body Mind Realization
We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die….So just standing still isn’t really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.
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Challenges Disturbance Moving
Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.
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May Suffering Thinking
Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.
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Body Challenges Mind Weak
Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Capacity Inspiring Same Mistakes
From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
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Body Mind Ultimate Freedom
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
Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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Pose Relaxation Repose

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