Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
B.K.S. IYENGARFocus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
B.K.S. IYENGARConfidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
B.K.S. IYENGARTraining of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being
B.K.S. IYENGARThe light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
B.K.S. IYENGARIgnorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge.
B.K.S. IYENGARBackbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.
B.K.S. IYENGARPenetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
B.K.S. IYENGARWillpower is concrete, not ethereal. When you do something, you demonstrate your willpower, and it becomes all the easier to have the same power of will the next time.
B.K.S. IYENGARWhen the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
B.K.S. IYENGARPractice doing yoga with an innocent mind. Then, you will be able to cognize the things happening in your body
B.K.S. IYENGARYou must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.
B.K.S. IYENGARHatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
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