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Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
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You have to create love and affection for your body, for what it can do for you. Love must be incarnated in the smallest pore of the skin, the smallest cell of the body to make them intelligent so they can collaborate with all the other ones, in the big republic of the body. This love must radiate from you to others.
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Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.
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Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
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Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
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Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
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Life without tapas, is like a heart without love.
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The ribs are the wings of the body. Open your wings.
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The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
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Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge.
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An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
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As a breeze ruffles the surface of a lake and distorts the images reflected therein, so also the chitta vrtti (fluctuations of mind) disturb the peace of the mind. The still waters of a lake reflect the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
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Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough - whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.
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A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
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I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.
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Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
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Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.
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Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
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When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
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There is no difference in our souls...That is what yoga teaches. When you and I meet together, we forget ourselves -- our cultures and classes. There are no divisions, and we talk mind to mind, soul to soul. We are no different in our deepest needs. We are all humans.
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The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.
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Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.
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Lack of knowledge is the
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