Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asanas each time with a fresh mind and with a fresh approach. If you are repeating what you did before, you are living in the memory, so you are living in the past. That means you don't want to proceed beyond the experience of the past. Retaining that memory is saying, 'Yesterday I did it like that.' When I ask, 'Is there anything new from what I did yesterday?' then there is progress. Am I going forward or am I going backward? Then you understand how to create dynamism in a static asana.
B.K.S. IyengarAs we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.
B.K.S. IyengarFeeling the movement of movements is wandering to the past or future. Living in the movements of movement is being in the present.
B.K.S. IyengarYoga 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.
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