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• The practice of Yoga brings us face to face with the extraordinary complexity of our own being.

  Sri Aurobindo

  Practice, Faces, Complexity

  Sri Aurobindo (2016). “The Synthesis of Yoga: Art of living”, p.55, editionNEXT.com

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• Now the stage today is to know that Self Realization gives you experiences and then your faith is established. Not blind but open enlightened faith.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Self, Giving, Meditation

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• It is not arrogant or egotistical to feel good inside. You had nothing to do with it. It's simply the honest response to clearly perceived Reality.

  Erich Schiffmann

  Reality, Feel Good, Arrogant

  Erich Schiffmann (2013). “Yoga The Spirit And Practice Of Moving Into Stilln”, p.308, Simon and Schuster

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• One who is established in a comfortable posturewhile concentrating on the inner self alonenaturally becomes immersed in the spontaneousarising of the heart's ocean of bliss.

  Jaideva Singh

  Ocean, Heart, Self

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• Some students are in a hurry to begin "real" pranayama. They go right to the later stages without first laying a quality foundation, and their practice often suffers. First find out what is. This is also part of the answer to the question Who am I?

  Richard Rosen

  Real, Practice, Suffering

  Richard Rosen (2002). “The Yoga of Breath: A Step-by-Step Guide to Pranayama”, p.141, Shambhala Publications

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• What we're trying to do in yoga is to create a union, and so to deepen a yoga pose is to actually increase the union of the pose, not necessarily put your leg around your head.

  Rodney Yee

  Trying, Legs, Unions

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• Basketball is an endurance sport, and you have to learn to control your breath; that's the essence of yoga, too. So, I consciously began using yoga techniques in my practice and playing. I think yoga helped reduce the number and severity of injuries I suffered. As preventative medicine, it's unequaled.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Success, Basketball, Sports

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• The yogi will tell you that you feel and look as young as your spine is elastic.

  Richard Hittleman

  Meditation, Looks, Yogi

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• By embracing your mother wound as your yoga, you transform what has been a hindrance in your life into a teacher of the heart.

  Phillip Moffitt

  Success, Mother, Teacher

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• You can set yourself up to be sick, or you can choose to stay well.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Motivational, Fitness

  Wayne W. Dyer (2009). “Staying on the Path: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.22, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this lifetime.

  Sogyal Rinpoche

  Inspirational, Meditation Practice, Giving

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• Yoga has brought me to the part of religion I really like - the positive sides of religion, the parts we all share, rather than the things that create separation.

  Christy Turlington

  Sides, Separation, Share

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• No matter who you are, no matter what you do, you absolutely, positively do have the power to change.

  Bill Phillips

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Business

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• Your playing small doesn't serve the world.

  Marianne Williamson

  Confidence, Fear, Insecure

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• Love is our only reason for living and the only purpose of life. We live for the sake of love, and we live seeking love... it is not surprising that we keep looking for love. All of us are nothing but vibrations of love. We are sustained by love, and in the end we merge back into love.

  Swami Muktananda

  Love, Family, Spiritual

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• The Bhagavad-Gita is a true scripture of the human race a living creation rather than a book, with a new message for every age and a new meaning for every civilization.

  Sri Aurobindo

  Meaningful, Wisdom, Book

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• I get up in the morning and do a seven-minute yoga workout. I know the most likely time I'm going to do something is when I first get up, and I make it short because, like you, I don't really want to do that first thing in the morning.

  Mehmet Oz

  Workout, Morning, Want

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• Words saturated with sincerity, conviction, faith, and intuition are like highly explosive vibration bombs, which, when set off, shatter the rocks of difficulties and create the change desired.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Change, Faith, Rocks

  Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1986). “Self-realization”

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• Environment is stronger than will.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Inspirational, Environmental, Stronger

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• Be at least as interested in what goes on inside you as what happens outside. If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Life, Fall, Curiosity

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.77, New World Library

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• Humble people dont get Offended easily.

  Radhanath Swami

  Humility, Humble, People

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• Do not allow yourself to suppress your thoughts. Instead, let the thoughts come before you and become a sort of observer. Start observing your own mind. Do not try to escape; do not be afraid of your thinking.

  Rama Swami

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Thinking

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• Be everything with so much love in your heart that you would never want to do it any other way.

  Amrit Desai

  Love, Inspirational, Spiritual

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• You are never alone or helpless. The force that guides the stars guides you too.

  Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Buddhist

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