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

In backbends, one touches the body physically, mentally, intellectually, consciously and spiritually everywhere.

— 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

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

For any practice to work, the mind which is meditating on the object must merge. Often they are facing each other. One has to…

— Tenzin Palmo

The mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work unless it's open.

— Anonymous

A fully open mind could shatter the skull in both directions.

— Henry Flynt

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

The mind is like a parachute.it dose not work unless it is open.....

— Mulfat

When mind controls man, it’s ... Bhoga (bondage). But when man controls mind, it’s...Yoga

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

“Avoid extremes. Don’t make a distinction between outer and inner and don’t become one of Jung’s types, either extrovert or introvert. Sosan says: Be…

— Osho

The mind is like a parachute, it works only when it is open.

— Anonymous