Āsana & Prāṇāyāma
“To cure the ills of the body, use the body. To cure the wandering of the mind, practice prānāyāma.”
-Śri T Krishnamacharya
The Unobserved Mind
“The greater part of human pain is unnecessary. It is self created as long as the unobserved mind runs your life”
Eckhart Tolle
'Guru' & 'Yogi'
TKV Desikachar - Health, Healing and Beyond
Conscious Breathing
“Conscious breathing is one of the greatest tools to influence the effect of the postures without changing the posture.”
- TKV Desikachar
Courtesy - Paul’s Daily Quotes Page cYs
viniyoga of Yoga - 121
The concept of the viniyoga of Yoga is a fundamental hallmark of the teachings of T Krishnamacharya and TKV Desikachar. It is the application (viniyoga) of Yoga to the person rather than the person to Yoga. It requires a profound understanding of only 3 numbers in order for it to work as intended by Krishnamacharya and Desikachar
- 121.
Courtesy - Paul Harvey Yoga Quotes Page
Dual Qualities of Alertness & Relaxation
“Āsana must have the dual qualities of alertness and relaxation. There must always be alertness without tension and relaxation without dullness or heaviness. These qualities are achieved by recognizing and observing the reactions of the body and breath to various postures”
TKV Desikachar - Health, Healing and Beyond
Creating Space
“Being aware of your breathing takes attention away from thinking and creates space”
Eckhart Tolle - A New Earth
TKV Desikachar Quote
”Sahavāsam (Dwelling Together) – What you associate with becomes part of you.”
- TKV Desikachar January 15th 2000
Courtesy - Paul Harvey Yoga Quotes Page
Perception
T Krishnamacharaya Quote
“Food will either sustain the body or eat it.”
-Śri T Krishnamacharya
T Krishnamacharaya Quote
“Food will either sustain the body or eat it.”
-Śri T Krishnamacharya
T Krishnamacharaya Quote
"Use āsana for problems of the body
and prāṇāyāma for problems of the mind"
-Śri T Krishnamacharya
Thinking Without Awareness
“…..I was convinced that all the answers to the dilemmas of human existence could be found through the intellect, that is to say, by thinking. I didn’t realize yet that thinking without awareness is the main dilemma of human existence”
from ‘A New Earth’ - Eckhart Tolle
T Krishnamacharaya Quote
“The practice of Āsana without breathing and without remembering Ananta has no value.”
(Yoga Sūtra C2 v47)
– Śrī T Krishnamacharya
T Krishnamacharaya Quote
“Yoga is the process of replacing a set of inappropriate patterns,
with new and useful patterns”
-Śri T Krishnamacharya
A Quiet Mind
“A quiet mind can be told where to go”
(Yoga Sūtra C3 v9)
– TKV Desikachar January 2nd 1998
Happiness & Growth
TKV Desikachar Quote
“We can speculate on the future. We can recollect from the past. But what is most important is that we live in the present”
TKV Desikachar
TKV Desikachar quote
“Yoga is a journey from dependency to independence”
(TKV Desikachar from “What are we Seeking”)
