The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas. B.K.S. Iyengar More Quotes by B.K.S. Iyengar More Quotes From B.K.S. Iyengar We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects. B.K.S. Iyengar wavering fool attention How can you know God if you don't know your big toe? B.K.S. Iyengar toes bigs inspiring While 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. Iyengar space sleep mean Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame. B.K.S. Iyengar flames yoga fire From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom! B.K.S. Iyengar ultimate-freedom body mind When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do. B.K.S. Iyengar asana posture body Activity and passivity must go together in asanas. B.K.S. Iyengar asana activity together Death is unimportant to a yogi; he does not mind when he is going to die. What happens after death is immaterial to him. He is only concerned with life-with how he can use his life for the betterment of humanity. Having undergone various types of pain in his life and having acquired a certain mastery over pain, he develops compassion to help society and maintains himself in purity and holiness. The yogi has no interest beyond that. B.K.S. Iyengar pain compassion humanity Approach each asana with freshness every day. B.K.S. Iyengar freshness asana approach Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge. B.K.S. Iyengar ignorance ends The supreme adventure in a man's life is his journey back to his Creator. B.K.S. Iyengar journey inspiring adventure You must do the asana with your soul. How can you do an asana with your soul? We can only do it with the organ of the body that is closest to the soul - the heart. So a virtuous asana is done from the heart and not from the head. Then you are not just doing it, but you are in it. Many people try to think their way into an asana, but you must instead feel your way into it through love and devotion B.K.S. Iyengar heart people thinking We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sides. B.K.S. Iyengar party mind two You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. B.K.S. Iyengar same-mistakes faults inspiring Do to your capacity. Always strive to extend your capacity. Ten minutes today, after a few days, twelve minutes. Master that, then again extend. B.K.S. Iyengar strive twelve today You exist without the feeling of existence. B.K.S. Iyengar existence feelings inspiring People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age. B.K.S. Iyengar body age people It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga. B.K.S. Iyengar appreciate yoga discovery The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself. B.K.S. Iyengar yoga life reality Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration. B.K.S. Iyengar lively celebration dies
