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The aim of yoga is to eliminate the control that material nature e

The aim of yoga is to eliminate the control that material nature exerts over the human spirit, to rediscover through introspective practice what the poet T.S. Eliot called the still point of the turning world. – Barbara Stoler Miller

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Without proper breathing, the yoga postures are nothing more than calisthenics. – Rachel Schaeffer

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Yoga is possible for anybody who really wants it. Yoga is universal…. But don’t approach yoga with a business mind looking for worldly gain. – K. Pattabhi Jois

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When asked what gift he wanted for his birthday, the yogi replied: I wish no gifts, only presence. – Author Unknown

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My yoga instructor pissed me off, so I offered him my special “moon salutation.” Then I slammed my chakra shut right in his face. – Terri Guillemets, 2002

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