Shangri-La Yoga Bari

13/09/2023

If there is time for just one posture, Guruji recommends Setu Bandha Sarvangasana, or Bridge Pose. This pose stimulates the adrenal glands, opens the chest, and creates the chinlock of Jalandara Bandha, which stimulates the vagus nerve, calming the sympathetic nervous system. In Bridge Pose, the brain becomes quiet, but the chest is open, which is a powerful combination for people trapped in the movements of the mind.

iyengar

21/06/2023

INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY

21 giugno, solstizio d'estate ☀️, il giorno dell'anno in cui il sole raggiunge il punto più alto rispetto all'orizzonte e che regala, a noi abitanti dell'emisfero boreale, la giornata con più ore di luce, ma anche la data scelta dalle Nazioni Unite per celebrare la Giornata Internazionale dello Yoga (International Yoga Day), giornata di eventi e pratica Yoga in tutto il mondo.

27/05/2023

Ciao, l'Associazione Iyengar Yoga Italia (AIYI) ha deciso … Associazione Iyengar Yoga Italia APS needs your support for ALLUVIONE EMILIA ROMAGNA MAGGIO 2023

06/03/2023

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” There should be devotion in your practice.
Then you have to know the meaning of the asana in order to do it effectively with its meaning. Then you have to learn to feel the asana. If you do not know its feel, you oscillate. By feeling, you develop stability and poise. Feel in order to live in it. Convert the asana into a cave for you to pe*****te within to be closer to the soul..”

~ Guruji BKS Iyengar ~
Astadala Yogamala Volume-3

iyengar

22/02/2023

"The practice does not differ, but the approach might differ. If the needs differ, the purposes differ. Positioning the body accurately with the disposition of mind is to see that there is no difference between the outer body and the inner body. Basically there is no difference between the inner and outer body. But we create the difference. Men want to do yoga as an exercise and women want to keep the nerves calm. If women want to do jumping during menstruation, will it make the mind quiet? When one is suffering from abnormalities, one has to stay in the asana, and not do them as an exercise. The circulation has to supply, and the body has to be supplied with energy. Hence, staying with delicate adjustment is needed. These delicate adjustments are the qualities of yoga, as yoga means to bring the state of equanimity in body, mind and soul."

B.K.S. Iyengar, Astadala Yogamala (Volume 6)

17/01/2023

"Many people see the photographs of asana and think that the supple body alone can perform such asana but one should know that often the supple body too cannot give any feedback to the brain or mind as the body lacks sensitivity. Though supple bodies do not experience pain, these tax the nerves causing fatigue, restlessness and headache or heaviness. A supple body does not trigger the intelligence to think what is wrong and what is right in performing an asana. On the contrary, a rigid body has resistance, action and counter-action, which triggers the intelligence to study the asana in the right perspective. So even if the body is supple, the mind should resist and make itself hard for the body to perform the asana with difficulty."

- B.K.S. Iyengar, Astadala Yogamala Vol 5