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B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Teacher
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"It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga."

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B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Teacher
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"Life means to be living.Problems will always be there. When they arise navigate through them with yoga- don't take a break."

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B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Teacher
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"As we shave it happens that we cut ourself with the razor blade; this does not mean that we must not shave in the morning any longer. It is the same thing for yoga."

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Paulo Coelho Writer
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"If something happens once, it may never happen again. If it happens twice it most likely will keep happening."

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Elizabeth Gilbert Author, Memoirist
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"From the most sacred ancient text of Yoga: Oh Krishna, the mind is restless, turbulent, strong, and unyielding. I consider it as difficult to subdue as the wind."

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Elvis Presley Singer, Actor
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"It's not just self defense, it's about...self control, body discipline, and mind discipline...and breath techniques. It involves yoga. It involves meditation. It's an art, not a sport."

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David Simon Television Producer
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"Awakening to who we really are is at the heart of yoga. . . .Yoga offers a path to this underlying field of being, which is the source of creativity, fulfillment, and abundance."

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Aldous Huxley Novelist, Essayist
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"For what we think and feel and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and our viscera."

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Andrew Weil Author
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"I think it's worth trying to do something about obvious sources of stress in your life. But even more important is learning and practicing methods to neutralize the harmful effects of stress on the body and mind. There are many possibilities, anything from meditation and yoga to listening to relaxing music. My personal favorite is simple breathing techniques - they're very effective, take very little time, and they're free."

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Alice Walker Novelist, Poet
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"Yoga means to bind back, unite. To bring the body and the soul together. For this reason the practice of yoga is a holy endeavor and the teaching of it to our people a very high calling."

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Alice Walker Novelist, Poet
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"Stretching [and] yoga [are] very helpful. All of these things - they really do help. Good food and a lot of sleep. And reading - reading good books. Sometimes movies - although a lot of the movies are difficult."

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