BKS Iyengar writes ‘There are seven frontiers to be integrated between the Seen (prakrti) and the Seer (purusa). They are integration of – the body, the senses, energy, mind, intellect, consciousness and soul, each realising its own individual identity. Proficiency in yoga will bring this seven fold knowledge. According to Patanjali the seven states of […]
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‘If we want to experience heaven on earth, we have to grasp the qualities of nature, the gunas, that is to say the polarity of rajas and tamas, the eternal pulse of nature between movement and stillness, and the higher balancing state of sattva. Nature has degrees of subtlety.’ BKS Iyengar, Light on Yoga Sutras
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This subject is under development and will become available in 2022. It looks to provide a diverse range of resources for students who wish to delve deeply into the subject area. ‘The asanas in the inverted positions are known as Viparita Sthiti. The standing asanas and the lateral extensions prepare the musculo-skeletal structure of the
This subject is under development and will become available in 2022. It looks to provide a diverse range of resources for students who wish to delve deeply into the subject area. The following quote is taken from an interview from 1991 by Patricia Walden and Victor Oppenheimer: In the asana systems the most advanced postures
This subject is under development and will become available in 2022. It looks to provide a diverse range of resources for students who wish to delve deeply into the subject area. BKS Iyengar writes ‘You must hold the balance by the intelligence of the body – by instinct or the sense of equilibrium- and not
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This subject is under development and will become available in 2022. It looks to provide a diverse range of resources for students who wish to delve deeply into the subject area. Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth and truth is God. BKS Iyengar The following text is the introduction
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This subject is under development and will become available in 2022. It looks to provide a diverse range of resources for students who wish to delve deeply into the subject area. BKS Iyengar writes: ‘Mental fatigue is experienced when the brain and the nerves get tired, It is caused by the excessive use of the
This subject is under development and will become available in 2022. It looks to provide a diverse range of resources for students who wish to delve deeply into the subject area. The following quote is taken from the Basic Guidelines for Teachers booklet: ‘The beginners are introduced to the outer sheath of the body in the
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Iyengar states: ‘Yogic methods gives the maximum and the minutest techniques for the cure of a soiled body and mind. In this sense, yoga is therapy. Therapy is treatment The treatment for a disorderly mental and physical condition or disease by remedial techniques is called therapy.’ Iyengar, Yogic therapy Astadala yogamala vol3. Handling diversity identifies
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In the Tree of Yoga Guruji writes, It is relatively easy to be a teacher of an academic subject, but to be a teacher in art is very difficult, and to be a yoga teacher is the hardest of all, because yoga teachers have to be their own critics and correct their own practice. The
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