Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is. B.K.S. Iyengar More Quotes by B.K.S. Iyengar More Quotes From B.K.S. Iyengar By drawing our senses of perception inward, we are able to experience the control, silence, and quietness of the mind. B.K.S. Iyengar drawing silence inspiring I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind. B.K.S. Iyengar empty-mind empty mind When you cannot hold the body still, you cannot hold the brain still. If you do not know the silence of the body, you cannot understand the silence of the mind. Action and silence have to go together. If there is action, there must also be silence. If there is silence, there can be conscious action and not just motion. B.K.S. Iyengar silence mind brain Yoga releases the creative potential in life. B.K.S. Iyengar release yoga creative Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now. B.K.S. Iyengar little-things littles thinking The union of nature and soul removes the veil of ignorance that covers our intelligence. B.K.S. Iyengar ignorance soul inspiring Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth. B.K.S. Iyengar precision extensions space The ribs are the wings of the body. Open your wings. B.K.S. Iyengar ribs body wings Pranayama teaches the aspirant to regulate his breathing and thereby control the mind. B.K.S. Iyengar pranayama breathing mind As a mighty river which when properly harnessed by dams and canals, creates a vast reservoir of water, prevents famine and provides abundant power for industry; so also the mind, when controlled, provides a reservoir of peace and generates abundant energy for the human uplift. B.K.S. Iyengar uplifting rivers water People say that steadiness of mind is an end; no, it is a beginning. I am there; I can explain everything up to that point. Then I struggle to discover what comes after, so this steadiness is not an end, it is the beginning and the instrument. B.K.S. Iyengar struggle mind people Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole. B.K.S. Iyengar discrimination body mind Yoga is a means and an end. B.K.S. Iyengar yoga inspiring mean 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. Iyengar asana gains challenges Asana done from the brain makes one heavy and done from the heart makes one light. B.K.S. Iyengar light brain heart Not all practitioners can jump to that highest level. They have to climb, step by step from the physical sphere to reach the spiritual sphere. If it is treated as exercise it is not the fault of yoga but of the practitioners. B.K.S. Iyengar yoga spiritual exercise As the trunk is one but the branches are many, yoga is one but adaptations may vary. B.K.S. Iyengar branches yoga may Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art. B.K.S. Iyengar symmetrical yoga art Purity is when there is no anxiety, no worry, no thinking. B.K.S. Iyengar anxiety worry thinking To master fear is the most important battle to win. B.K.S. Iyengar battle important winning
