B.K.S. Iyengar on asana
B.K.S. Iyengar212 quotes“Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach.”
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Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar When I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Love 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. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Yoga aims for complete awareness in everything you do.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Lack of knowledge is the source of all pains and sorrows whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted or fully active.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it
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Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It’s about using posture to understand and transform yourself.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
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