Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
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When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens.
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Pranayama teaches the aspirant to regulate his breathing and thereby control the mind.
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You must be as joyful when you fail again and again as you are joyful when you succeed. It is often when you fail that you move toward the goal without being aware of it. You must feel joy even when you have not fully succeeded but only moved toward achievement of your goal.
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Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
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As we shave it happens that we cut ourself with the razor blade; this does not mean that we must not shave in the morning any longer. It is the same thing for yoga.
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Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action.
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The union of nature and soul removes the veil of ignorance that covers our intelligence.
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A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
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How can you know God if you don't know your big toe?
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Lack of knowledge is the
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Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
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Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.
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Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul
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Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
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Yoga releases the creative potential in life.
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The study of asana is not about mastering posture.
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Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose.
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Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one's actions.
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There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
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We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
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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.
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It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
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A yogi never forgets that health must begin with the body. . . .Physical health is not a commodity to be bargained for. Nor can it be swallowed in the form of drugs and pills. . . .
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Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.