Iyengar Yoga, meditation in action

“Meditation is steady and continuous flow with single -pointed attention towards the chosen object or the self *.(Y.S. III.2)

“Meditation is ONE. Some sit and keep themselves quiet and call it meditation. I am active and keep myself totally attentive, forgetting myself. For me it is total attention in activity.”

“ As dhyana is dynamic flow of intelligence and consciousness, we make these two to flow concurrently in all the sheaths of the fort of the soul, without actually using the word “meditation” but by making the students experience MEDITATION IN ACTION. Only we don’t call it dhyana or meditation classes. We teach all aspects of yoga and dhyana being a part of yoga, special mention of it is unnecessary. Here we tach how to watch the movements, moment to moment. How to know and change, while doing asana and pranayama, the thoughtless moments turn into thoughtful moments, which turn into auspiciousness. Is that not an auspicious state, a state of meditation?

“The type of dhyana (meditation) I learned through my practice of asana and pranayama is like the midday sun. As the sun’s rays at midday are in its zenith, in my practice of asana and pranayama I extend the rays from the disk of my consciousness to touch and reach all areas of its frontier evenly, everywhere without division. I learned to remove any inattention in the dark spots of the body that were obstructing and interrupting the rays of my consciousness. This way I learnt dhyana by bringing EQUIVALENCE between the Soul and its dwelling place - the body. This is how I bring Dhyana in asana.”

B.K.S. Iyengar, Ashtadala Yogamala- VOL.7

“Balance does not mean merely balancing the body. Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life. In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is place, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present - the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.”
B.K.S. Iyengar, Light on Life

“The physical attributes and benefits of an asana are empirical in nature. However, when the students attention turns inward, within the body while in asana, the practice becomes a journey towards self realization .This inwardness is not fickle or self centered, but rather an unwavering, self-contained absorption”

B.K.S. Iyengar- Arogya Yoga , Asana, Pranayam, Dharana, Dyana, Yoga for Health and Well Being