Samatra BKS Iyengar Yogashala Tricity

Real growth in yoga is not about the body — it is about becoming more aware inside yourself.

Sometimes during practice, you may feel peaceful, pure, and connected. But the challenge is to KEEP THAT FEELING CONTINOUSLY, not just for a few moments.

To do that, you must:

* Keep observing yourself
* Notice when that clarity or purity fades
* Understand why you lose that inner connection

In your practice (sadhana), it is important to stay:

* SIMPLE
* PURE
* HONEST WITH YOURSELF

Your past experiences and learnings (your “memory”) should guide you. You need to keep REFRESHING AND REFINING THIS INNER UNDERSTANDING, so it helps you stay on the right path and prevents you from slipping back into old habits.

Yoga should be like a STEADY INNER FIRE — always alive, always guiding you.

You continue this journey until you reach the ultimate goal:

* A state where there is no confusion, no struggle
* Only pure existence remains

This state is called “SAT” —
a condition of PURE BEING, FREEDOM, AND TRUTH, where nothing else is needed.

Guruji B. K. S. Iyengar spoke very deeply about the interconnection between physical, mental, and emotional health. In his approach, these are not separate layers—they are reflections of each other within the same system.

🌸 Physical Health (Body as the Entry Point)

Guruji always emphasized that the body is the doorway.
• When the body is stiff, collapsed, or imbalanced → it disturbs the mind
• Through asana (alignment, precision, timing), the body becomes:
• stable
• light
• balanced

This creates a foundation where disturbances reduce naturally.

🌸 Mental Health (Clarity and Stability)
• The mind is often restless, distracted, or dull
• Proper practice (especially alignment + breath awareness) brings:
• focus (dharana)
• clarity
• steadiness

When you hold an asana correctly:
• the mind stops wandering
• intelligence spreads through the body
Guruji BKS Iyengar called this “meditation in action”

🌸 Emotional Health (Refinement of Inner State)

This is where Guruji becomes very subtle.

He believed:
• Emotions are stored in the body
• Tight chest → grief
• collapsed posture → depression
• rigidity → fear or defensiveness

Through practice:
• opening the chest → emotional release
• grounding legs → security and confidence
• inversions → balance of emotional turbulence

👉 Emotional stability is not forced—it is cultivated through the body

🌸 The Integration (His Real Teaching)

Guruji did NOT treat all of them separately. According to him :
• Body affects mind
• Mind affects emotions
• Emotions affect body

All three are constantly interacting.

👉 His deeper insight:
“Health is a state where body, mind, and soul are in harmony.”

• A well-done forward bend quiets the mind
• A proper backbend lifts emotions
• A stable standing pose builds mental strength

So instead of “fixing emotions directly,”
you work through the body with awareness.

He often implied:
“Don’t chase mental peace directly.
Create the conditions in the body, and the mind will follow.”

In the approach of B. K. S. Iyengar, Sarvangasana is not just about “going up” — it’s about intelligent stacking and even distribution of weight through the entire spine. That’s why, when done correctly, it feels deeply good, steady, and quiet.

When the vertebrae are properly stacked:
• The back body supports you
• The front body softens

The spine lengthens before it lifts
•.You’re not throwing the legs up. You extend the spine upward from the base, allowing each vertebra to create space from the one below.

When aligned:
• The dorsal spine moves inward (into the body)
• The lumbar doesn’t collapse
• The cervical spine is protected (no dumping weight into the neck)

When alignment is right, Sarvangasana stops feeling like a “pose” and becomes:

‘A state where the body is aligned so precisely that the mind naturally becomes still”.

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