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Without education, confidence does not come.

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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
Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of repeated failures, for indefinitely long periods of time.
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Long Odds Practice
Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
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Inspiring Keys Yoga
The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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Asana Body Brain
Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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Attention Self Worry
I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
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Dies Happily Majestically People
A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
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Brain Feet Yogi
The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
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Art Inspiring Teaching
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
Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.
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Constant Eternal Reality
We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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Infinite Littles Pieces
The yogi cannot be afraid to die, because he has brought life to every cell of his body. We are afraid to die, because we are afraid we have not lived. The yogi has lived.
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Body Cells Yogi
It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
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Body Divinity Yoga
The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
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Calm Chaos Yoga
Look after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health of the body, and the fragrance of the mind and richness of the spirit will follow.
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Flower Roots Tree
Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Practice Substitute Yoga

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