Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you. B.K.S. Iyengar More Quotes by B.K.S. Iyengar More Quotes From B.K.S. Iyengar To be dull is easy, B.K.S. Iyengar active easy dull Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach. B.K.S. Iyengar asana mind past Backbends 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. Iyengar backbends posture meditation Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find. B.K.S. Iyengar asana kings reason If you have the right mind, your body can do anything. B.K.S. Iyengar body mind can-do When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow. B.K.S. Iyengar clarity maturity habit If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity B.K.S. Iyengar balance eternity ifs The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind. B.K.S. Iyengar body practice mind Move from the known to the unknown. B.K.S. Iyengar shack unknown-worlds moving As 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. Iyengar cutting yoga winning Anything physical is always changing, therefore, its reality is not constant, not eternal. B.K.S. Iyengar constant eternal reality Whenever asana is done mechanically from the front brain, the action is felt only on the peripheral body, and there is no inner sensation, there is no luminous inner light. If the asana is done with continual reference to the back of the brain, there is a reaction to each action, and there is sensitivity. Then life is not only dynamic, but it is also electrified with life force. B.K.S. Iyengar light done brain If we become aware of its limitations and compulsions, we can transcend them. B.K.S. Iyengar compulsion limitation ifs The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body. B.K.S. Iyengar body spirit needs We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye. B.K.S. Iyengar body eye two The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core. B.K.S. Iyengar soul journey mean One day you too may experience what I have experienced. So right away go and practise. B.K.S. Iyengar practise one-day may Willpower is nothing but willingness to do. B.K.S. Iyengar willingness willpower inspiring The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses. B.K.S. Iyengar calm chaos yoga Our flawed mechanisms of perception and thought are not a cause for grief, but an opportunity to evolve, for an internal evolution of consciousness that will also make possible, in a sustainable form, our aspirations toward what we call individual success and global progress. B.K.S. Iyengar perception grief opportunity
