Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
B.K.S. IYENGARNothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
B.K.S. IYENGARBreath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires toward a judicious, intelligent awareness.
B.K.S. IYENGARGive more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
B.K.S. IYENGARLife itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
B.K.S. IYENGARBy persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom.
B.K.S. IYENGARAs leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath.
B.K.S. IYENGARLove begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny.
B.K.S. IYENGARYou must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
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. IYENGARYour whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
B.K.S. IYENGARI think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
B.K.S. IYENGARIf you have the right mind, your body can do anything.
B.K.S. IYENGARAs breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
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