Authors:

Geeta Iyengar Quotes

In an asana, the mind has to reach inside the body to find a quiet space until a point comes where perfect balance is felt.

In an asana, the mind has to reach inside the body to find a quiet space until a point comes where perfect balance is felt.

Geeta Iyengar
Inspirational, Spiritual, Yoga

Whenever we find stiffness in the body, our mind should be especially supple. It is never the stiffness in our bodies that limits our practice, it is always the stiffness of our mind.

Geeta Iyengar
Yoga, Practice, Mind

Knowledge has a beginning but no end.

Geeta Iyengar
Knowledge, Ends
Geeta S. Iyengar (1998). “Yoga: A Gem for Women”, p.72, Allied Publishers

We are missing the gold if we do asanas as a physical practice only.

Geeta Iyengar
Practice, Missing, Gold

If the body is stiff that is understandable. But if the mind is also stiff then you can’t get anywhere. The mind has to become flexible.

Geeta Iyengar
Mind, Body, Flexible

Yoga is the study of the functioning of the body, the mind and the intellect in the process of attaining freedom.

Geeta Iyengar
Yoga, Mind, Body
Geeta S. Iyengar (1998). “Yoga: A Gem for Women”, p.9, Allied Publishers

In an asana, the mind has to reach inside the body to find a quiet space until a point comes where perfect balance is felt. If the mind is wandering while practicing, then one is not fully present, and there can be no union. Involvement, interpenetratio n and insight are the required qualities for the practitioner.

Geeta Iyengar
Space, Perfect, Mind

Gaining maturity in yoga practice involves learning to respect the paths that other people are on and acknowledging their merits, maybe even acknowledging that your own path is lacking in some area where another one excels.

Geeta Iyengar
Yoga, Maturity, Practice

When this body has been so magnificently and artistically created by God, it is only fitting that we should maintain it in good health and harmony by the most excellent and artistic science of Yoga.

Geeta Iyengar
Yoga, Body, Artistic
Geeta S. Iyengar (1998). “Yoga: A Gem for Women”, p.71, Allied Publishers

You May Also Like: