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The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one’s life purposeful, useful and noble.
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Art Philosophy Spiritual
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 is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Art Philosophy Yoga
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
Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
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Hard Work Humility Spiritual
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
We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
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Body Mind Need Sound
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
Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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Awareness Rays Sun
Breath is the king of mind.
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Inspiring Kings Mind
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
As each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its essence, one needs a religiously attentive dynamic practice done with awareness and absorption.
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Essence Order Yoga
A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
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Explore Good Helping Maximum Teacher
The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.
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Inspiring Light Shining
It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
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Appreciate Discovery Yoga
We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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Infinite Littles Pieces

The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.

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