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. IYENGARWe often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
B.K.S. IYENGARWe are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die….So just standing still isn’t really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.
B.K.S. IYENGARYour body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.
B.K.S. IYENGARMove from the known to the unknown.
B.K.S. IYENGARLook after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health of the body, and the fragrance of the mind and richness of the spirit will follow.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.
B.K.S. IYENGARWhy should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
B.K.S. IYENGARKnow your capacities and continually improve upon them.
B.K.S. IYENGARWhen the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one’s actions.
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. IYENGARWithout education, confidence does not come.
B.K.S. IYENGARIf you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
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