When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.

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"There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear."

- B.K.S. Iyengar

Awareness

"Yoga does not transform the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees."

- B.K.S. Iyengar

Transformation

"Yoga does not just change the way we see things, it transforms the person who sees."

- B.K.S. Iyengar

Transformation

"Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within."

- B.K.S. Iyengar

Self-awareness

"The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It's about using posture to understand and transform yourself."

- B.K.S. Iyengar

Personal Growth

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"You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want."

- Zig Ziglar

Service

"So, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, you should do it all for God's glory."

Service

"Whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

- Jesus

Service

"Do you know who will go first on the Day of Resurrection to the shade of God…Those who when given what is right accept it, when asked for something give freely and who judge in favor of others as they do for themselves."

- Prophet Muhammad (s)

Service

"If anyone fulfills his brother’s needs, Allah will fulfill his needs; if one relieves a Muslim of his troubles, Allah will relieve his troubles on the Day of Resurrection."

- Prophet Muhammad (s)

Service