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This book delves into the principles and techniques of yoga, exploring its role in fostering inner peace and overall well-being. It provides a detailed exploration of the yoga journey, covering physical postures, breathing exercises, and meditation practices.
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“You must do the asana with your soul. How can you do an asana with your soul? We can only do it with the organ of the body that is closest to the soul - the heart. So a virtuous asana is done from the heart and not from the head. Then you are not just doing it, but you are in it. Many people try to think their way into an asana, but you must instead feel your way into it through love and devotion”
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“When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.”
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“From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!”
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“Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.”
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“This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.”
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“Asana done from the brain makes one heavy and done from the heart makes one light.”
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“Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.”
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“Do not live in the future, only the present is real”
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“The whole thrust of yogic philosophical and scientific inquiry has therefore been to examine the nature of being, with a view to learning to respond to the stresses of life without so many tremors and troubles.”
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“All games are meaningless if you do not know the rules.”
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“Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal.”
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“Yoga is the rule book for playing the game of Life, but in this game no one needs to lose. It is tough, and you need to train hard. It requires the willingness to think for yourself, to observe and correct, and to surmount occasional setbacks. It demands honesty, sustained application, and above all love in your heart.”
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“We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.”
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“If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity”
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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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“When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul”
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“Many ask me whether pranayama ... postpones old age. Why worry about it? Death is certain. Let it come when it comes. Just keep working. The soul has no age. It doesn't die. Only the body decays. And yet, we must never forget the body, since it is the garden we must cherish and cultivate.”
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“Do to your capacity. Always strive to extend your capacity. Ten minutes today, after a few days, twelve minutes. Master that, then again extend.”
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“When an asana is done correctly the body movements are smooth, there is lightness in the body and freedom in the mind.”
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“It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.”
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“Freedom in a posture is when every joint is active.”
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“Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.”
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“Yoga releases the creative potential in life.”
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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.”
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“In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present - the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.”
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“Action is movement with intelligence”
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“We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.”
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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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“If you can adapt to and balance in a world that is always moving and unstable, you learn how to become tolerant to the permanence of change and difference.”
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“You must fill every inch of your body with the asana from your chest and arms and legs to the tips of your fingers and toes so that the asana radiates from the core of your body and fills the entire diameter and circumference of your limbs. You must feel your intelligence, your awareness, and your consciousness in every inch of your body.”
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“Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.”
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“Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.”
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“A scientist sets out to conquer nature through knowledge - external nature, external knowledge. By these means he may split the atom and achieve external power. A yogi sets out to explore his own internal nature, to penetrate the atom (atma) of being. He does not gain dominion over wide lands and restless seas, but over his own recalcitrant flesh and febrile mind.”
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“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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“Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.”
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“Whenever asana is done mechanically from the front brain, the action is felt only on the peripheral body, and there is no inner sensation, there is no luminous inner light. If the asana is done with continual reference to the back of the brain, there is a reaction to each action, and there is sensitivity. Then life is not only dynamic, but it is also electrified with life force.”
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“Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.”
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