black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Asana Kings Reason
Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Emotional Intellectual Soul
Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one’s actions.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Attitude Skills Yoga
As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Energy Inward Mind
Don’t practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Inner Beauty Light Practice
We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die….So just standing still isn’t really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Challenges Disturbance Moving
The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Calm Chaos Yoga
Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Practice Substitute Yoga
When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Clarity Habit Maturity
Breath is the king of mind.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Inspiring Kings Mind
I don’t stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Body Self Yoga
Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Focus Inspiring Jobs
Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Mind Self Yoga
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. IYENGAR

Asana Challenges Gains
The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Ego Self Yoga
The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Brave Choices Decision

When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes