The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.
B.K.S. IYENGARWhen stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.
B.K.S. IYENGARAs a well cut diamond has many facets, each reflecting a different color of light, so does the word yoga, each facet reflecting a different shade of meaning and revealing different aspects of the entire range of human endeavor to win inner peace and happiness.
B.K.S. IYENGARWillpower is nothing but willingness to do.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.
B.K.S. IYENGAROur greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough – whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.
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. IYENGARTrue concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
B.K.S. IYENGARKeep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
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. IYENGARWords cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.
B.K.S. IYENGARWhen you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
B.K.S. IYENGARAll of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
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