After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
B.K.S. IYENGARAfter a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe yogi cannot be afraid to die, because he has brought life to every cell of his body. We are afraid to die, because we are afraid we have not lived. The yogi has lived.
B.K.S. IYENGARIf the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circumstances.
B.K.S. IYENGARYou do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe 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. IYENGARIs it necessary to practice all these asanas, further and further? Is it necessary to develop scientific researches further and further? To a yogi, the body is a laboratory, a field of experiments and perpetual researches.
B.K.S. IYENGARMy Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
B.K.S. IYENGARAs a mighty river which when properly harnessed by dams and canals, creates a vast reservoir of water, prevents famine and provides abundant power for industry; so also the mind, when controlled, provides a reservoir of peace and generates abundant energy for the human uplift.
B.K.S. IYENGARWhen stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
B.K.S. IYENGARIf you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
B.K.S. IYENGARWhen 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. IYENGARWillpower is nothing but willingness to do.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being
B.K.S. IYENGARThe 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. IYENGARTo be dull is easy, to be active requires tremendous work.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
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