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Glossary of yoga terms. Date: 28/08/2007 The course of one's life can be altered by a flash of destiny which is the accumulated actions and reactions of past lives that play a role in the present life. One has to accept the challenges when destiny strikes like lightning. The effects may be visible immediately in some while it may take decades of persistent and patient efforts in others. I belong to the latter category. Author: B.K.S Iyengar Nothing could have prepared me for BKS Iyengar. With his love of yoga, he was the prince of passion and the king of charisma. In my first class with him, he boomed out, "If you keep your armpits open, you won't get depressed;" and from the feeling in my rising, opening chest, I knew exactly what he meant. Author: Patricia Walden We begin to do yoga with a motive. That motive may be for health, or for making a career, or enjoyment of worldly pleasures, or for emancipation. It is only after we continue practicing yoga that it dawns on us that we do not do yoga for health, or for enjoyment, or for emancipation. Then, why do we do yoga? Author: BKS Iyengar Our system of philosophy is known as darshanas (mirrors or direct spiritual perceptions of the Ultimate, the Real). These perception were based on the firm foundation of experience. Unfortunately this great and glorious tradition of experiential moorings has been forgotten. Hair- splitting textual scholarship and logical skills of intellectual endeavor is taking place. Author: BKS Iyengar Which are the asanas and pranayama one should do safely during the menstruation? Author: Geeta Iyengar |
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