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Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
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Energy Mind Restless Yoga
We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sides.
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Mind Party Two
It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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Doe Way Yoga
Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
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Community Growth Yoga
The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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Art Inspiring Teaching
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
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Body Health Mind Soul
The breath must be enticed or cajoled, like catching a horse in a field, not by chasing after it, but by standing still with an apple in one’s hand.
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Breathing Hands Horse
As a mighty river which when properly harnessed by dams and canals, creates a vast reservoir of water, prevents famine and provides abundant power for industry; so also the mind, when controlled, provides a reservoir of peace and generates abundant energy for the human uplift.
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Rivers Uplifting Water
The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.
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Doe Flower Water
Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
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Giving Principle Student
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
Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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Hard Work Humility Spiritual
Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.
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Journey Self 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
Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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Balance Body Foundation
Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.
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Inspiring Stress Struggle

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