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. 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. IYENGARThere is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.
B.K.S. IYENGARMove from the known to the unknown.
B.K.S. IYENGARExtension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe breath must be enticed or cajoled, like catching a horse in a field, not by chasing after it, but by standing still with an apple in one’s hand.
B.K.S. IYENGARWhen the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.
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. IYENGARThe highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
B.K.S. IYENGARAs leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
B.K.S. IYENGARBreath is the king of mind.
B.K.S. IYENGARWithout education, confidence does not come.
B.K.S. IYENGARDo not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.
B.K.S. IYENGARWe have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
B.K.S. IYENGARAsanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature
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