B.K.S. Iyengar on fulfillment
B.K.S. Iyengar212 quotes“Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.”
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Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar I don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I don’t want yesterday’s experience. I want to see what new understanding may come in addition to what I felt up to now.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world, but by being a healthy, living organ of the body of humanity.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
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