Backbends Quote by B.K.S. Iyengar

Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to…

— B.K.S. Iyengar

Backbends are not poses meant for expressionism. Backbends are meant to understand the back parts of our bodies. The front body can be seen…

— B.K.S. Iyengar

I also say with backbends, you have to be cautiously bold. Not carelessly bold. You have to descend to the dictation of the spine.…

— B.K.S. Iyengar

In forward bends, one uses the outer mind while in backbends the outer mind is silenced and the inner mind is made to work.

— B.K.S. Iyengar

That's the beauty of backbends. Emotionally we can never be disturbed, for the emotional centre becomes an extrovert. When you do Viparita Dandasana, your…

— B.K.S. Iyengar

To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.

— Stephen Covey

The body has a mind of its own.

— Mason Cooley

When one reaches out to help another he touches the face of God.

— Walt Whitman

The body is thus not simply an 'entity', but is experienced as a practical mode of coping with external situations and events.

— Anthony Giddens

I see bodies as individual things,

— Joni Mitchell

The body is the outermost layer of the mind.

— David Mitchell

When you touch someone wit your spirit, and in turn they touch your soul with their heart...

— PrInCeSs_PeAcHeS