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There are many goals but one path - the path of compassion.Amit Ray
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Exercises are like prose, whereas yoga is the poetry of movements. Once you understand the grammar of yoga; you can write your poetry of movements.Amit Ray
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If we become aware that someone is sending thoughts of ill will in our direction, we do not argue with the apparent reality of malice. To do so would give it more substance. We remove the personal sense of ourself and the other person.Donna Goddard
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The path is paved with consistent, conscious mental and spiritual alertness and the gradual growth of goodness in our heart and clarity in our mind. We are awake. If we keep trying to understand, we will understand. If we keep telling ourselves that we are loved by Life and if we keep looking for evidence of that love, we will find it.Donna Goddard
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It could be said that we become so much a stranger that we disappear and find ourselves reborn in the midst of humanity which is quite a paradox.Donna Goddard
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Yoga is the process of eliminating pain — pain form the body, mind and the society.Amit Ray
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Yoga means addition - addition of energy, strength and beauty to body, mind and soul.Amit Ray
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The purpose of karma yoga is to transcend the bondage of selfish genes through the service of others.Amit Ray
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Peace is the foundation of yoga. Karma yoga is the effort for bringing peace and happiness in the world.Amit Ray
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Life is made up of a collection of moments that are not ours to keep. The pain we encounter throughout our days spent on this earth comes from the illusion that some moments can be held onto. Clinging to people and experiences that were never ours in the first place is what causes us to miss out on the beauty of the miracle that is the now. All of this is yours, yet none of it is. How could it be? Look around you. Everything is fleeting. To love and let go, love and let go, love and let go..it's the single most important thing we can learn in this lifetime. .Rachel Brathen
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When life is foggy, path is unclear and mind is dull, remember your breath. It has the power to give you the peace. It has the power to resolve the unsolved equations of life.Amit Ray
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Yoga is bringing fitness in body, calmness in mind, kindness in heart and awareness in life.Amit Ray
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Paths are many, Truth is ONE!Swami Satchitananda
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Be present and aware of the privilege of living.Ann Marie Frohoff
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The hardest part of any yoga practice is rolling out your mat.Darren Main
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Usually, when people hear the term Yoga, many of them associate it with various physical exercises where they need to twist, turn and stretch their body in complex ways that are known as Asanas, but this is only one type of Yoga, called “Hatha-Yoga”. In reality, Yoga is an umbrella term for various physical and mental exercises that lead to the overall well-being of a person. By origin, Yoga has mainly five forms:1. Raja Yoga - The realization of divinity through intense meditation2. Karma Yoga — The realization of divine bliss through your own daily activities and duties3. Hatha Yoga — The realization of divine well-being through various physical exercises4. Jyana Yoga — The realization of inexplicable bliss in the pursuit of knowledge5. Bhakti Yoga — The realization of ecstasy through love and devotion for your Personal GodThe purpose of all Yogas is to set your consciousness lose into the vast domain of the unknown, where your brain circuits simulate various fascinating mental states that are usually unimaginable and unattainable in your everyday consciousness. But the whole yoga thing has nothing to do with God or something of that sort. It is all about various states of the human mind.Abhijit Naskar
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Whenever I feel ‘less of myself’, or as if I am not as productive as I can be, or abundance is not flowing into my life, or I am not laughing and smiling as much, or my relationships seem stuck and difficult, it is an indication that I am losing that connection. It is like being in a ‘bad service area’ where calls drop out.Malti Bhojwani
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Spirituality is not a religion or a trend–it is a lifestyle. It is a lifestyle of awareness that combines the understanding of faith, body, mind, and soul, allowing us to live modern-day enlightened lives in small and big ways.Emma Mildon
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Yoga exercises are the best connecting tools for unity, human dignity, health, equality, global peace and compassion.Amit Ray
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Yoga does not start or end on your mat, but is present in every breath you take.Evita Ochel
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Sanskrit is a beautiful contextual language. It is called “Dev Bhasha” the language of the soul. Here, meanings of the words must come from the heart, from direct experience — dictionary meanings or static meanings have not much value. Meanings of the words vary depending on mind-set, time, location and culture. The words are made to expand the possibilities of the mind.Amit Ray
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Each one of you carries the potential to blossom like flowers. When you blossom, petals of your mind open and the fragrance spread far and near.Banani Ray
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Be Generous with your Kindness, Compassion & Forgiveness.Dashama Konah Gordon
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Be Grateful- Your Life is a Miracle.Dashama Konah Gordon
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Coffee, my delight of the morning; yoga, my delight of the noon. Then before nightfall, I run along the pleasant paths of the Jardin du Luxembourg. For when air cycles through the lungs, and the body is busy at noble tasks, creativity flows like water in a stream: the artist creates, the writer writes.Roman Payne
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Yoga is the space where flower blossoms.Amit Ray
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Science of yoga and ayurveda is subtler than the science of medicine, because science of medicine is often victim of statistical manipulation.Amit Ray
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Authenticity is not possible without embracing the “and” within us. Our minds like to categorize things into neatly labeled boxes. Am I right, or is she right? Let’s stretch our minds to I can be right and so can she. Embracing the “and” is like yoga for the brain. When we train ourselves to hold paradoxes by stretching ourselves out of the boxes our minds create, we stretch into new possibilities and adapt more quickly in a fast-changing world.Henna Inam
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The heart of a yogi should always bear good-will and thoughts that benefit others.Amit Ray
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...it's most important to accept that your yoga poses may not look like everyone else's. That's okay. Just adapt the poses to your current state of being.Jessamyn Stanley
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On the occasion of yoga day, I want to offer you the simplest form of yoga: Namaskar - Yoga for all.Sadghuru
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The real difference between yoga and religion is this: Religion says believe, do not doubt, often citing the word of God and promises of an eternal afterlife, reciting dogma (unsubstantiated pre-modern myths), while yoga only points the way and urges its students to practice and experience for themselves. In this way yoga is very scientific in its approach to self-knowledge, transcendence and enlightenment. Its message is: Try the practice for yourself and only then can you truly believe.Gudjon Bergmann
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The yogic scriptures paint a picture of perfection, and perfection can be your aim, but I can tell you sad stories about myself and others who have entered into a state of premature holiness with unpleasant consequences.Gudjon Bergmann
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Acharya Balkrishna on Yog"Who will not be delighted to behold the exotic scenery and flora of the barren lands of Himalayas. Similar is the power of Yog which beautifies the deserted life and fructifies hope in the shattered hearts. By taking refuge in Yog, the fallow mind will blossom into flowers indeed.Acharya Balkrishna
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What we see in the world around us is just a reflection of what is inside of us.Sharon Gannon
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Yoga practices shift our identity away from the ego-personality and its struggles so that we can begin to reconnect with the essential nature of our being, which is bliss.Sharon Gannon