
“The one you confront in Yoga is yourself. All that is rigid and stiff in you, all that says 'No.”
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“Man is an onion made up of a hundred integuments, a texture made up of many threads. The ancient Asiatics knew this well enough, and in the Buddhist Yoga an exact technique was devised for unmasking the illusion of the personality. The human merry-go-round sees many changes: the illusion that cost India the efforts of thousands of years to unmask is the same illusion that the West has labored just as hard to maintain and strengthen.”
― Steppenwolf
― Steppenwolf

“The Tapas and the other hard Yogas that were practiced in other Yugas do not work now. What is needed in this Yuga is giving, helping others. ”
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“Practice makes the heart grow fonder.”
― Yoga at Your Wall: Stretch Your Body, Strengthen Your Soul, Support Your Practice
― Yoga at Your Wall: Stretch Your Body, Strengthen Your Soul, Support Your Practice

“Incidentally, sir, while we're on the topic of yoga - may I just say that an hour of deep breathing, yoga, and meditation in the morning constitutes the perfect start to the entrepreneur's day. How I would handle the stresses of this fucking business without yoga, I have no idea. Make yoga a must in all Chinese schools - that's my suggestion.”
― The White Tiger
― The White Tiger
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