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Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.

B.K.S. Iyengar

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
Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart
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Done Heart Yoga
Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
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Practice Substitute Yoga
Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
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Faces Helping Yoga
Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
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Celebration Dies Lively
The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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Asana Body Prayer
As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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Mind Moving Wind
Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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Inspiring Values Yoga
Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.
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Fire Flames Yoga
Breath is the king of mind.
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Inspiring Kings Mind
Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Capacity Inspiring Same Mistakes
Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.
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Broken Inspiring Yoga
Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny.
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Humility Love Yoga
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
You exist without the feeling of existence.
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Existence Feelings Inspiring
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

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