Is 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. 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. IYENGARIn whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present – the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
B.K.S. IYENGARHow can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?
B.K.S. IYENGARWithout the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
B.K.S. IYENGARWhen the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
B.K.S. IYENGARHealth 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. IYENGAREverybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment.
B.K.S. IYENGARHealth is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
B.K.S. IYENGARAs long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the mind. The sound mind is a sound body.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
B.K.S. IYENGARDuring inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky.
B.K.S. IYENGARApproach each asana with freshness every day.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
B.K.S. IYENGARThe body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
B.K.S. IYENGARMind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.
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