In memory of Guruji, Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar (1918 – 2014)
Quote of the week (08/16/15):
There are two ways to confront pain: to live with the pain forever or to work with the pain and see if you can eradicate it.
– B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (08/09/15):
Precision in action comes when the challenge by one side of the body is met by an equal counter-challenge of the other. This ignites the light of knowledge. – B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (08/02/15):
Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life. – B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (07/26/15):
When there is softness in the body and lightness in mind, the asana is correct. Hardness and heaviness mean the asana is wrong. – B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (07/19/15):
Relaxation begins from the outer layer of the body and penetrates the deep layers of our existence. Detail and precision of the body lead to mastery of the art of relaxation. one who knows the art of relaxation also knows the art of meditation. -B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (07/12/15):
“Change is not something that we should fear. Rather, it is something that we should welcome. For without change, nothing in this world would ever grow or blossom, and no one in this world would ever move forward to become the person they’re meant to be.”
“It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga.” –BKS Iyengar
Quote of the week (07/05/15):
In asana our consciousness spreads throughout the body, eventually diffusing in every cell, creating a complete awareness. – B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (06/28/15):
You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind and soul.
– B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (06/21/15):
To know oneself is to know one’s body, mind and soul. The inward journey will allow you to explore and to integrate each of these aspects of your being. – B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (06/14/15):
The mind has to be stilled to achieve the state of Dharana. The mind is an instrument which classifies, judges and co-ordinates the impressions from the outside world and those that arise within oneself. -B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (06/07/15):
Samadhi
There is only the experience of consciousness, truth and unutterable joy. There is no duality between the knower and the known for they are merged like camphor and the flame. – B.K.S.Iyengar
Quote of the week (5/31/15):
Dhyana
When the flow of concentration is uninterrupted, the state that arises is dhyana (meditation). – B.K.S.Iyengar
Quote of the week (5/24/15):
Senses perceive, and mind conceives. According to their health and vitality, we enjoy the gift of life to a greater or lesser degree. – B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (5/17/15):
Dharana
True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness. – B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (5/10/15):
Pratyahara
The mind, in truth, is for mankind the cause of bondage and liberation; it brings bondage if it is bound to the objects of desire and liberation when it is free from objects. – B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (5/03/15):
The mind is said to be two fold – pure and impure. It is pure when it is completely free from desires and impure when it is in union with desires. – B.K.S.Iynegar
Quote of the week (4/26/15):
Pranayama
As a fire blazes brightly when the covering of ash over it is scattered by the wind, the divine fire within the body shines in all its majesty when the ashes of desire are scattered by the practice of Pranayama – B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (4/19/15):
To a yogi, the body is a laboratory for life, a field of experimentation and perpetual research. – B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (4/12/15):
Asanas
True asana is that in which the thought of Brahman flows effortlessly and incessantly through the mind of the sadhaka. – B.K.S.Iyengar
Quote of the week (4/05/15):
Asanas
The yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas and makes it a fit vehicle for the spirit. – B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (3/29/15):
Isvara pranidhana
Action mirror a man’s personality better than his words. The yogi has learnt the art of dedicating all his actions to the Lord and so they reflect the divinity within him. – B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (3/22/15):
Svadhyaya
Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is ageginning but no end to knowledge. – B.K.S.Iyengar
Quote of the week (3/15/15):
Tapas
Tapas means burning effort under all circumstances to achieve a definite goal in life. Life without tapas, is like a heart without love. – B.K.S.Iyengar
Quote of the week (3/8/15):
Santosha or Contentment
There is contentment and tranquility when the flame of the spirit does not waver in the wind of desire.
– BKS Iyengar
Quote of the week (3/1/15):
Soucha or Purity
Internal cleansing gives radiance and joy. It brings benevolence and banishes mental pain,dejection, sorrow and depair. When one is benevolent, one sees the virtues in others and not merely their faults. – B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (2/22/15):
By observing aparigraha (non possessiveness), the yogi makes his life as simple as possible and trains his mind not to feel the loss or the lack of anything. Then everything he really needs will come to him by itself at the proper time. – B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (2/15/15):
One who sees divinity in all is a brahmachari ( one who observes brahmacharya) –B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (2/08/15):
The desire to possess and enjoy what another has, drives a person to do evil deeds. From this desire spring the urge to steal and urge to covet. – B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (2/01/15):
Violence arises out of fear, weakness, ignorance or restlessness. Violence is a state of mind not of diet. It resides in a man’s mind and not in the instrument he holds in his hand. – B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (1/25/15):
Asanas are performed by the body for the mind~ B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (1/18/15):
True meditation leads us to wisdom and awareness, and this specifically helps in understanding that we are more than our ego. – B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (1/11/15):
The third petal of yoga is the asanas or the postures. Asanas maintains the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. It also keeps the body in harmony with nature. -B.K.S.Iyengar
Quote of the week (12/21/14):
“Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires toward a judicious, intelligent awareness.”
Quote of the week (11/23/14):
“Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.”
Quote of the week (11/16/14):
“Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.”
Quote of the week (11/09/14):
“Yoga 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. Iyengar
Quote of the week (11/02/14):
“Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.” B.K.S Iyengar
Quote of the week (10/26/14):
“As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward”. – B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (10/19/14):
“Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.” – B.K.S.Iyengar
Quote of the week (10/12/14):
“It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.”
-B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (10/05/14):
“When we free ourselves from physical disabilities, emotional disturbances, and mental distractions,
we open the gates to our soul.”
-B.K.S. Iyengar
“Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.”
-B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (9/28/14):
“Yoga does not just change the way we see things, it transforms the person who sees.”
-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
Quote of the week (9/21/14):
“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. Iyengar
“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
Quote of the week (9/14/14):
“Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.”
– B.K.S. Iyengar
Quote of the week (9/7/14):
“You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement.
Do not look at others’ bodies with envy or with superiority.
All people are born with different constitutions.
Never compare with others.
Each one’s capacities are a function of his or her internal strength.
Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.”
– B.K.S. Iyengar
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