Food will either sustain the body or eat it.

Series

  1. There are two types of teachers......
  2. T Krishnamacharya, a Yogi par-excellence......
  3. The target of Yoga is ‘svatantra’......
  4. The āsana are presented in vinyāsa krama..........
  5. Unfortunately, many people are not able to differentiate between......
  6. I have a strong feeling my grand/father invented these sequences......
  7. Food will either sustain the body or eat it. (This post)
  8. We start our practice where we are and look toward a certain goal......
  9. My own father, Krishnamacharya, started using Yoga for sickness even before his journey to Tibet (in 1916)
  10. Use and Abuse of OM - Extract from a Lecture by TKV Desikachar......
  11. You should only take that food which you would offer to the person you revere most.
  12. The spirit of viniyoga is starting from where one finds oneself......
  13. The mind is agitated because of certain things inherent......
  14. Where do Āsana lead us?......
  15. Sahavāsam (Dwelling Together) - What you associate with becomes part of you.
  16. There is an image in the world today that the guru has a following and......
  17. Conscious breathing is one of the greatest tools to influence......
  18. The Siddhi (accomplishment) depends on the Bhāvanam (cultivation).
  19. I unintentionally mixed the Vedic tradition, teaching about God’s......
  20. I think, that all those who want to practise Vedic chanting......
  21. Therefore one must be clear when one speaks about Yoga......
  22. In the Yoga Sūtra the purpose of the different Sādhana is to......
  23. What sustains Saṃkalpa (संकल्प - intention, volition) day after day?
  24. Kumbhaka (कुम्बक) is the continuation of a specific movement that......
  25. According to Krishnamacharya, one who has not mastered the......
  26. The quality of our breath expresses our inner feelings.
  27. The current world of Yoga seems to be made up of many small parts,.....
  28. What is it that you are ready to give up?
  29. For Yoga Teachers it is important to understand the movement of the......
  30. There is an impression in some schools that Tamas and Rajas......
  31. Lightness or Sattva (Guṇa) is not always correct......
  32. In Yoga one who has mastered themselves is one who can produce......
  33. The Yoga of Patañjali as a complete process of learning provides......
  34. In the language of Yoga, the seat of all impurities is the abdomen.
  35. As a Yoga therapist, focus on increasing people's quality of life not on curing diseases.
  36. My father never acknowledged that he discovered anything even when......
  37. Do you think that a Yoga teacher in the West should go through some......
  38. What if people started calling it Desikachar Yoga?
  39. Yoga serves the individual, and does so through inviting transformation......
  40. A person who does not have a conscious feeling of the Recaka and......
  41. The ancient people introduced holding of the breath to stop......
  42. Amongst the powerful definitions of Yoga in the Bhagavad Gītā......
  43. Many years ago my father said that Yoga is a simple system that does......
  44. Jihva Cāpalya (fickleness of the palate) is one of the most powerful......
  45. The more you teach the more you must practice.

“Food will either sustain the body or eat it.” – TKV Desikachar 23rd December 2000

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