“The source of my father’s teaching, and the essence of Yoga, was formulated by the great Indian sage, Patanjali, more than two thousand years ago in this succinct definition: Yoga is the ability to direct the mind exclusively toward an… — T.K.V. Desikachar Copy Share Image
“The source of my father’s teaching, and the essence of Yoga, was formulated by the great Indian sage, Patanjali, more than two thousand years… — T.K.V. Desikachar Copy Share Image
“The way he would communicate, the way he made you feel was that you were so important, creating the feeling of wanting you to… — T.K.V. Desikachar Copy Share Image
“There are eight components of Yoga. These are: yama, our attitudes toward our environment. niyama, our attitudes toward ourselves. āsana, the practice of body exercises. prāṇāyāma, the practice of breathing exercises. pratyāhāra, the restraint of our senses. dhārāna, the ability to direct our minds. dhyāna, the ability to develop interactions with what we seek to understand. samādhi, complete integration with… — T.K.V. Desikachar Copy Share
“as Francis Bacon put it more than four centuries ago, is that “the mind can be enlarged, according to its capacity, to the grandeur… — T.K.V. Desikachar Copy Share Image
“To live the life of Yoga, to repeat, is about a faith that continuously guides the teacher toward practices leading to the harmony of… — T.K.V. Desikachar Copy Share Image
“Another aspect of yoga has to do with our actions. Yoga therefore also means acting in such a way that all of our attention… — T.K.V. Desikachar Copy Share Image
“The mind, which is subject to change, and the Perceiver, which is not, are in proximity but are of distinct and different characters. When… — T.K.V. Desikachar Copy Share Image
“In sum, Patanjali suggests that we channel our curiosity and our mental powers into areas of fruitful interest as a means of calming the… — T.K.V. Desikachar Copy Share Image
“The first step is to recognize that certain tendencies of our mind are responsible for producing painful effects. If these tendencies are not curtailed,… — T.K.V. Desikachar Copy Share Image
