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Elie Wiesel Writer, Holocaust Survivor
Yoga

"When you die and go to heaven our maker is not going to ask, 'why didn't you discover the cure for such and such? why didn't you become the Messiah?' The only question we will be asked in that precious moment is 'why didn't you become you?'"

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Geeta Iyengar Yoga Teacher
Yoga

"Yoga is the study of the functioning of the body, the mind and the intellect in the process of attaining freedom."

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B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Teacher
Yoga

"Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun."

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Eckhart Tolle Spiritual Teacher, Author
Yoga

"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."

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Ram Dass Spiritual Teacher, Author
Yoga

"As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can't see how it is."

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B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Teacher
Yoga

"Yoga is as old and traditional as civilization, yet it persists in modern society as a means to achieving essential vitality. But yoga demands that we develop not only strength in body but attention and awareness in mind.The yogi knows that the physical body is not only the temple for our soul but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core."

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Sri Chinmoy Spiritual Teacher, Poet, Musician
Yoga

"Silence is not silent. Silence speaks. It speaks most eloquently. Silence is not still. Silence leads. It leads most perfectly."

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Yoga

"I've done archery for about six weeks, and rock climbing, tree climbing - and combat, running and vaulting. But also yoga and things like that, to stay catlike!"

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