The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
B.K.S. IYENGARAs each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its essence, one needs a religiously attentive dynamic practice done with awareness and absorption.
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. IYENGARThrough surrender the aspirant’s ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
B.K.S. IYENGARRelaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
B.K.S. IYENGARIt took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
B.K.S. IYENGARIf you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
B.K.S. IYENGARKnow your capacities and continually improve upon them.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.
B.K.S. IYENGARWillpower is nothing but willingness to do.
B.K.S. IYENGARChange leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
B.K.S. IYENGARLive before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
B.K.S. IYENGARAfter a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
B.K.S. IYENGARWe are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
B.K.S. IYENGARKnowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
B.K.S. IYENGARIf you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
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