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. IyengarIf you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
B.K.S. IyengarThere is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.
B.K.S. IyengarThe yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.
B.K.S. IyengarThe practice of yogasana for the sake of health, to keep fit, or to maintain flexibility is the external practice of yoga. While this is a legitimate place to begin, it is not the end. Even in simple asanas, one is experiencing the three levels of quest: the external quest, which brings firmness of the body; the internal quest, which brings steadiness of intelligence; and the innermost quest, which brings benevolence of spirit.
B.K.S. Iyengar