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Breath is the king of mind.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Through surrender the aspirant’s ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
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Ego Grace Rain
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
If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
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Armpits Brain Light
In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
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Body Mind Soul
Be inspired but not proud.
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Inspired Inspiring Proud
You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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Faults Inspiring Same Mistakes
Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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Attention Self Worry
Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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Looks Mirrors Yoga
There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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Interpreted One Reality Way
The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
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Body Needs Spirit
Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
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Capacity Inspiring Same Mistakes
Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.
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Life Sweat Yoga
Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
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Anyone Savasana War
As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
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Mind Moving Wind
Approach each asana with freshness every day.
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Approach Asana Freshness
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

Breath is the king of mind.

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