BKS iyengar yogashala (BKSIYS)

27/10/2025

Curiosity and creativity are not gifts for a few — they’re qualities we can all cultivate.

Here are timeless ways to awaken these forces in your daily life:
1. Embrace curiosity without attachment — Explore with a spirit of inquiry, not with the need to control or own.
2. Practice presence and self-awareness — Mindfulness opens new ways of seeing.
3. Step beyond fear and comfort zones — Creativity lives where certainty ends.
4. Question your beliefs and routines — Flexible minds innovate naturally.
5. Enjoy the process — When the journey matters more than the result, inspiration flows.
6. Learn from children and nature — Approach life with wonder, like a beginner.
7. Make space for play — Try new hobbies or ideas without judgment.
8. Welcome both success and failure — Each experience becomes creative fuel.

✨ In essence: Stay present, question your patterns, and embrace exploration itself. That’s where true creativity thrives.



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27/10/2025

✨ Buddhist Meditation × Yoga Philosophy ✨
A dialogue of inner reflection — seeing yoga as a way of life, not merely a practice

When yoga extends beyond movement — becoming a discipline of daily living — what transformation unfolds?

This conversation brings together two timeless streams of wisdom:
🔸 Nandaji, Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher rooted in the Indian tradition
🔸 Master Dr. Tejawaro Thero, embodying the insight of Buddhist meditation and Ayurvedic wisdom

Together, they explore the deeper meaning of yoga as living wisdom — where practice becomes presence, and philosophy becomes life.

📆 Date: 1st November, 2025 (Saturday)
🕥 Time: 09:30–11:30 (GMT+8)
📍 Venue: Fresh Yoga, Kaohsiung (自然呼吸瑜珈, 高雄)
🟡 Fee: Donation-based

▶️ YouTube Live: https://www.youtube.com/live/UTHjAbL36vo

🔖 Mark your calendar and click the YouTube reminder to join live.

✨ Organizer: 禪圓瑜珈 & 自然呼吸瑜珈 共同舉辦

佛教禪修 x 瑜珈哲理一場內觀的對話，視瑜珈為生活之道，不僅僅是練習瑜珈若不僅是課堂上的動作，而是生命的日常修持，它會帶來什麼不同?這場對談匯聚兩股力量—來自印度傳承的艾揚格瑜珈資深老師Nandaji，以及承續佛教....

26/10/2025

The Sacred Effort Behind Real Yogabhyasa

“One cannot expect immediate benefits in auspicious matters like yogabhyasa, worship, or chanting mantras.” — T. Krishnamacharya

Today, we live in a world obsessed with instant results. Even our spiritual practices are measured in gains and losses — “How fast can yoga calm my mind?” or “When will I feel peace?”

But as Krishnamacharya reminds us, Yoga is not a business deal. It’s not about doing one hour of asana and expecting payment in happiness.

True yoga is a path of inner transformation, not instant gratification.

Just as sleep rejuvenates the body without expectation, yoga nourishes the spirit beyond what the eye can see.

🕉️ Reflect: Are you practising yoga for results — or as a way of life?



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26/10/2025

🌿 Coming Up Soon!
From Periphery to Core: Unifying Body & Mind

A 2-Day Iyengar Yoga Workshop with Maggie Tan

The countdown begins!
Join senior Iyengar Yoga teacher Maggie Tan for a transformative weekend exploring how movement from the outer body awakens the inner self.
Through intelligent alignment, experience how stability, lightness, and reflection emerge from the connection between the periphery and the core.

You’ll explore:
🔸 How the periphery informs and supports the core (and vice versa)
🔸 How every limb can become a channel of awareness
🔸 How attention, breath, and perception lead to quiet transformation

🗓 November 1–2, 2025
Day 1: Lower Limbs & Lower Trunk — 8:30–11:30 AM & 2:00–4:30 PM (MYT)
Day 2: Upper Limbs & Upper Trunk — 8:30–11:30 AM & 2:00–4:30 PM (MYT)
📍 Venue: BKS Iyengar Yogashala, Kuala Lumpur
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Open to certified teachers, Level 1 students, Yoga Darshanam students, current mentees, and past workshop participants.

⚡ Limited spaces remaining — reserve your mat today!
🔗 See full info & register here: https://momence.com/s/123289635

25/10/2025

The Three Wings of Consciousness

What if your mind had three wings, and you’ve only been flying with one?
Yoga philosophy explores life “overall” through three distinct operational states of consciousness — like three wings that keep the being in balance:

1. 🌞 Waking State — The conscious, outward state we experience daily.
2. 🌙 Dreaming State — The inward, subtle state where impressions play out.
3. 🌌 Deep Sleep State — The causal state, where the mind dissolves into stillness.

Most of us live aware only of the waking state, ignoring the intelligence at play during dreaming and deep sleep.

By observing the mind’s functioning across these states, yogic practice aims to unfold deeper layers of awareness, leading to clarity, integration, and ultimately — liberation.

✨ Continuous practice = Conscious living.

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25/10/2025

October Highlights ✨
Moments from our classes with Teacher Maggie, where precision meets presence.
Thank you to everyone who practiced with heart this month. 💛

24/10/2025

Upavistha Konasana isn't just a stretch; it's a meticulously crafted pose that builds flexibility, strengthens awareness, and serves as a vital precursor to advanced asanas. In our journey through Supported Asanas and Forward Folds, this pose shines as a prime example of intelligent practice. Let's refine your approach with optimal setup and engagement!

Here’s your detailed guide to a powerful Upavistha Konasana:
1️⃣ Optimal Support for Your Seat: Elevate your foundation!
- Start with a thin blanket. This modest lift allows you to maintain a crucial connection: pressing your thigh bones down while finding space.
- Struggling with lower back lift? Don't hesitate to add more height with blankets or a bolster. This strategic support helps tilt the pelvis forward, enabling the spine to lengthen naturally – a principle we apply across many supported poses.

2️⃣ Leg Engagement is paramount: Activate for integrity!
- Feet & Heels: Draw your toes actively towards your knees, spreading them wide. Extend your heels powerfully down and forward.
- Thigh & Knee Direction: Ensure your toes and knees point directly skyward. Resist any inward or outward rolling of the feet. Keep the tops of your thighs grounded and heavy.
- Hip Grounding: Direct your focus to pressing the outer buttocks down towards your mat. This action is key for internal hip rotation and creating a stable, broad base.
- Intensity Check: Your legs must remain firm throughout the forward fold. If you don't feel a deep, intense stretch, it often indicates the legs are disengaging or bending too much.

3️⃣ Spinal Alignment in Forward Fold: Length first, depth will follow!
- Initiate the fold by actively lengthening your entire spine and lifting your chest, simultaneously drawing your shoulders down. Envision creating maximum space and length before any forward movement.
- For the naturally flexible: Be mindful not to push your lower back forward excessively. Instead, lift your lower back up to maintain its natural curve and prevent compression.
- The Fold: On a long, controlled exhale, begin to reach your trunk forward, aiming to fold only halfway initially. As your palms extend forward, focus on lengthening the sides of your trunk and keeping your chest lifted away from your abdomen. The primary objective is an extending chest and trunk, not merely touching your head to the floor.
- Observe: Tune into the precise location and intensity of the stretch you feel. This awareness is your internal guide.

4️⃣ Connection to Wide-Legged Actions: A universal principle!
- The active engagement of the heavy, pressing thighs and the grounding of the outer buttocks in Upavistha Konasana directly mirrors principles taught in standing wide-legged forward folds like Prasarita Padottanasana. These actions cultivate the necessary internal hip rotation and stability essential for a truly lengthened spine during the fold.

🌱 Beyond the Mat: This pose is a prime example of how props establish foundational actions and cultivate deep internal body awareness. The hip openness and leg firmness you develop here are not isolated to this pose. They are essential prerequisites for advanced postures, including the Upavistha Konasana leg variation in Salamba Sirsasana! Yes, the awareness and strength gained here directly translate to maintaining firmness and connection even when inverted. This truly showcases the interconnectedness of your practice!

Share your Upavistha Konasana insights below! How do you use props to deepen your practice?

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23/10/2025

READ YOUR BODY - Refine Alignment Through Self-Practice & Perception

In Iyengar Yoga, refinement happens through precise anatomical understanding, keen observation, and consistent self-practice.

Each pose becomes an opportunity to read your body — to detect asymmetries, balance both sides, and align intelligently from the base upward.

One foundational skill is learning to ground and align both legs equally, because imbalances here ripple upward — affecting the pelvis, spine, and the overall posture. This awareness forms the base for all further refinements.

1️⃣ Grounding & Aligning Both Legs Equally
When both legs are grounded and aligned, the pelvis finds its neutral orientation, the spine lengthens evenly, and the trunk becomes receptive to subtle adjustments.

Applicable Poses:
• Standing: Tadasana, Uttanasana, Prasarita Padottanasana, Trikonasana, Virabhadrasana II
• Inversions: Sirsasana
• Seated: Dandasana, Upavistha Konasana

👉 Start by observing where the weight falls on each foot in standing poses. Adjust so the inner and outer edges bear weight equally. Over time, this balanced foundation carries into seated and inverted postures.

2️⃣ Hip & Sacrum Stability in Supine Poses
Working supine allows the practitioner to see and feel the alignment without the pull of gravity on the spine.

Applicable Poses:
• Pavanamuktasana
• Ekapada Supta Pavanamuktasana
• Supta Padangusthasana (all variations)

Stabilizing the sacrum here teaches how the thighs, pelvis, and spine relate to one another, making it easier to correct habitual imbalances.

3️⃣ Leg & Trunk Alignment in Inversions
Alignment in inversions like Sirsasana and Sarvangasana depends on the balanced action of the legs and the lift of the trunk.

Applicable Poses:
• Sirsasana
• Sarvangasana

Legs that are uneven or passive distort the trunk. When both legs extend evenly upward, the spine elongates, the chest opens, and the nervous system becomes quiet and alert.

🧘 Why Self-Practice Matters
These refinements cannot be fully absorbed through instruction alone.

Regular self-practice allows students to:
- Discover what they have truly understood
- Notice what remains unclear
- Identify uneven grounding and asymmetries between the two sides
- Apply intelligent, personalized adjustments

Through this process, practice becomes not just physical exercise but a dialogue between perception and action — the essence of yogic education.

✨ To truly “read your body” is to cultivate sensitivity, patience, and precision — qualities that transform not only your practice, but the way you inhabit yourself.

💬 How do you read your body during practice?
👇 Share your observations in the comments.



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23/10/2025

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23/10/2025

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22/10/2025

Breathing is more than a biological act — it is the sacred rhythm that links us to life itself.
When the body is calm but the breath is restless, true stillness remains elusive.
When the breath is steady, the mind follows.
Ancient yogic texts describe breath as Prāṇa, the subtle energy that animates the body.
Modern science now echoes this — showing how deep, rhythmic breathing can reduce anxiety, balance the nervous system, and expand awareness.
To know your breath is to know your energy.
To master your breath is to master your mind.

🪷 “For breath is the life of beings, and so is called the life of all.” — Taittiriya Upanishad 2.2



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