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Action is movement with intelligence

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Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being
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Men Spiritual Yoga
Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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Activity Together
First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.
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Differences Mind Yoga
Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
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Effort Practice Yoga
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
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
If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circumstances.
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Practice Self Yoga
Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
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Asana Kings Reason
There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
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Issues Keys Progress
Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
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Art Philosophy Yoga
Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
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Inspiring Values Yoga
When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment.
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Practice Self Yoga
The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?
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Block Soul Wall
If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
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Balance Eternity Present
The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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Asana Body Brain
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

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