Archive for the Quotes category

Yoga Quote: “Yoga is a MIRROR to look at ourselves from within.” ~ B.K.S. Iyengar       Scaravelli Inspired Yoga Teacher Catherine Annis 07747 19 69 14 Kensington, London, UK Facebook Youtube Twitter Pinterest Newsletter sign up

“To follow the way the spine functions during this process of breathing is of the greatest interest. The wave of expansion while exhaling, originating from the spine, is the basis of our teaching.” ~  Vanda Scaravelli   ______________________________________________   Vanda Scaravelli has inspired many people, and continues to do so even to this very day. […]

Yoga Quote: “The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.” ~ B.K.S. Iyengar     Scaravelli Inspired Yoga Teacher Catherine Annis 07747 19 69 14 Notting Hill, London, UK Facebook Youtube Twitter Pinterest Newsletter sign up

“Yoga takes you by the scruff of the neck and takes you on a journey whether you like it or not.” ~  Vanda Scaravelli   ______________________________________________   Vanda Scaravelli has inspired many people, and continues to do so even to this very day. Her style of yoga was pioneering, and many yoga teachers today base […]

“Do not kill the instinct of the body for the glory of the pose.” ~  Vanda Scaravelli   ______________________________________________   Vanda Scaravelli has inspired many people, and continues to do so even to this very day. Her style of yoga was pioneering, and many yoga teachers today base their practice on what is referred to […]

Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar (BKS Iyengar) was a native of the southern Indian state of Karnataka, born on December 14, 1918. Iyengar’s brother-in-law, Shriman Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, worked as a yoga teacher and scholar in the employ of an Indian noble family in the city of Mysore, and in 1934 Krishnamacharya, who helped create the now widely practiced hatha […]

“It is imperative to communicate to others what you see and feel. To teach is an urge and a necessity. When you see someone in a cage or a dark room, you cannot help but open the door of the prison.” ~  Vanda Scaravelli   ______________________________________________   Vanda Scaravelli has inspired many people, and continues […]

“To absorb the teaching requires infinite time and no ambition.” ~  Vanda Scaravelli   ______________________________________________   Vanda Scaravelli has inspired many people, and continues to do so even to this very day. Her style of yoga was pioneering, and many yoga teachers today base their practice on what is referred to as ‘Scaravelli Inspired Yoga’. […]

“Elongation and extension can only occur when the pulling and pushing comes to an end; this is the revolution.” ~  Vanda Scaravelli   ______________________________________________   Vanda Scaravelli has inspired many people, and continues to do so even to this very day. Her style of yoga was pioneering, and many yoga teachers today base their practice […]

“Teaching is not an imposition of the teacher’s will over that of the pupil, not at all. Teaching starts with freedom and ends with freedom.” ~  Vanda Scaravelli   ______________________________________________   Vanda Scaravelli has inspired many people, and continues to do so even to this very day. Her style of yoga was pioneering, and many yoga […]

Yoga Quote: “By drawing our senses of perception inward, we are able to experience the control, silence, and quietness of the mind.” ~ B.K.S. Iyengar     Scaravelli Inspired Yoga Teacher Catherine Annis 07747 19 69 14 Notting Hill, London, UK Facebook Youtube Twitter Pinterest Newsletter sign up

B.K.S. Iyengar was one of the foremost teachers of Yoga in the world and had been practicing and teaching since the 1930’s. Millions of students now follow his method and there are Iyengar yoga centres all over the world. He has written many books on yogic practice and its philosophy including “Light on Yoga“, “Light on Pranayama“, “Light on […]