B.K.S. Iyengar on asana
B.K.S. Iyengar212 quotes“The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.”
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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
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.
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Do 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. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Approach each asana with freshness every day.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar When 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. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
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 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 Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
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