Yoga is much more than the physical postures that are practiced on your mat.  It is an active practice that can be extended into all aspects of your daily life to alleviate suffering and attachment. In this section you will find ancient teachings that complement your yoga practice and are relevant to a mindful, healing and meaningful existence.

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The greatest achievement is selflessness
The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

Atisha (11th century Tibetan Buddhist master)


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