November 18, 2013
“An asana is not a posture which you assume mechanically.
It involves thought, at the end of which balance is achieved between movement and resistance.
When the mind is controlled and still, what remains is the soul.
The ocean is the self, the waves are the thoughts.
The self is silent, the thoughts make noise.”
BKS Iyengar
November 5, 2013
So many things to think at the end of this year…
But I do try very hard…
“A mind free of all disturbance is yoga”
Patanjali – Yoga sutras
October 24, 2013
My morning feeling today !
“The period between four and six in the morning is called the Brahmamuhurta,
the Brahmic time, or divine period,
and is a very sacred time to meditate.”
Swami Satchidananda, The yogas Sutras
October 7, 2013
Oh, I like Happy Baby !
We are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds.
We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil. Serenity is contagious.
If we smile at someone, he or she will smile back. And a smile costs nothing.
We should plague everyone with joy.
If we are to die in a minute, why not die happily, laughing?
Swami Satchidananda, The Yoga Sutras (136-137)
September 13, 2013
Look to this day!
For it is life, the very life of life.
In its brief course
lie all the verities and realities of your existence:
The Bliss of growth
The glory of action
The splendor of beauty
For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow only a vision
But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore to this day!
Such is the salutation to the dawn.
Kalidasa, Indian Poet
August 22, 2013
Gayatri Mantra
Om Bhür Bhuvah Svah
Tat Savitur Varenyam
bhargo Devasya Dheemahi
Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodayat
“May the divine light of the Supreme Being
illuminate our intellect,
to lead us along a path of righteousness”
August 14, 2013
“After acting, reflect on what you have done.
If you do not reflect, there is confused action.
The self has to find out wether the posture has been done well or not.”
B.K.S. Iyengar
July 22, 2013
“When you’re in position,
you wait for the inner body to settle,
like the water in a glass
that has been placed on a table”
Glenn Ceresoli
July 18, 2013
“When the asana is correct there is a 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. Iyengar
Salabhasana
Locust
June 24, 2013
Chaturanga Dandasana
Four-Limbed Staff Pose
« It is only when the correct practice
is followed for a long time,
without interruptions
and with a quality of positive attitude
and eagerness,
that it can succeed. »
Patanjali
Yoga-Sutras