Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
B.K.S. IyengarRead
Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Asanas are physical postures in yoga that impact both the body and the mind.
B.K.S. Iyengar emphasizes the profound effect of yoga asanas, which not only improve physical health but also reach deeper into our mental and spiritual being. The practice of these postures helps individuals connect to their innermost self, enhancing awareness and consciousness.
Themes
AsanasYogaConsciousnessBodyMindAwareness
In practice
Example use cases
A yoga teacher might use this quote to inspire students about the deeper effects of their practice.
More from B.K.S. Iyengar
All quotes βHard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.
B.K.S. IyengarRead
Asana done from the brain makes one heavy and done from the heart makes one light.
B.K.S. IyengarRead
The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
B.K.S. IyengarRead
Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.
B.K.S. IyengarRead
Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.
B.K.S. IyengarRead
Similar quotes
Every established order tends to produce the naturalization of its own arbitrariness.
Pierre BourdieuRead
Lunatics have no age. If we were crazy, you and I, we might be a great deal younger.
Yasunari KawabataRead
The world makes us look towards ourselves, our possessions, our desires.The Gospel invites us to be open to others, to share with the poor.
Pope FrancisRead
Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.
George Bernard ShawRead
How much more suffering is caused by the thought of death than by death itself.
Will DurantRead
I see the origin of the irresistible attraction of metaphor and analogy, the explanation of our strange and permanent need to find similarities in things. I can scarcely refrain from suspecting some ancient, diffused magnetism; a call from the center of things; a dim, almost lost memory, or perhaps a presentiment, pointless in so puny a being, of a universal syntax.
Roger CailloisRead