The pose begins when you want to leave it.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe pose begins when you want to leave it.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
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. IYENGARKnow your capacities and continually improve upon them.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.
B.K.S. IYENGARRegular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
B.K.S. IYENGARIn your discipline, if doubt comes, let it come. You do your work and let doubt carry on with its work. And let us see which gives up first!
B.K.S. IYENGARWhen I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
B.K.S. IYENGARBreath is the king of mind.
B.K.S. IYENGARWhile doing the postures, your mind should be in half-consciousn ess, which does not mean sleep. It means silence, emptiness, space, which can then be filled with an acute awareness of the sensations given by the posture. You watch yourself from inside. It is a full silence.
B.K.S. IYENGARI also say with backbends, you have to be cautiously bold. Not carelessly bold. You have to descend to the dictation of the spine. You cannot command from the brain to do the poses. As you play with a child, guarding the child from injuries, similarly you have to play in backbends, guarding your spine.
B.K.S. IYENGARWe need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
B.K.S. IYENGARFirmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
B.K.S. IYENGARIf you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.
B.K.S. IYENGARLove begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
B.K.S. IYENGARWe have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
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