Yoga Shala Pinhais

24/02/2026

Tuesdays with Prashant ✨ February 2026 edition

Our "Tuesdays with Prashant" quote series highlights Prashant Iyengar’s wisdom, insights and teachings on classical yoga.

24/02/2026

✨Your Body Is Not the Limitation—Your Mind Is✨

The Body Is Not the Real Obstacle
Whenever we feel stiffness, our first instinct is to blame the body.
Tight hamstrings.
Rigid shoulders.
Resistant hips.

But Geeta Iyengar reminds us of a deeper truth:
It is not the stiffness of the body that limits practice.
It is the stiffness of the mind.

🌿A stiff mind reacts with:
• Frustration
• Fear
• Impatience
• Resistance

🌿 A supple mind responds with:
• Observation
• Adaptation
• Intelligence
• Patience

The body opens when the mind stops fighting.
Flexibility is not something you do to your muscles.
It is something you allow with your awareness.

💬Comment “SUPPLE” if you’ve experienced this in practice.

24/02/2026

23/02/2026

🌿 In Paschimottanasana, the instruction to *broaden the front ribs* is not a detail—it’s the key.

If the front ribs narrow, the spine collapses.
If the ribs broaden, the spine extends.

The action is clear:
• Move the back ribs forward into the front ribs
• Widen the front cage
• Hit the side trunk out toward the side wall

This creates ✨space inside the torso✨, allowing the forward movement to arise from an extended spinal axis—not compression.

The same principle appears in twists:
If the groin is locked, the abdomen has no room to rotate.
When the groin descends into the leg, space is created.

Whether twisting or folding:
👉 Space first
👉 Axis steady
👉 Movement follows

This is geometry in yoga—not flexibility.

💬 Have you noticed rib narrowing in forward bends? Share your experience below.

21/02/2026

Trainees to Level 4 certified teachers, all had so much to learn from Abhijata’s teacher development session. One of the key messages throughout the convention, which was consolidated today, was the importance of context in all learning. We cannot simply take one idea we have learned and apply it to every situation. There needs to be greater intelligence in our teaching and practice than a simple copy and paste approach.

“Together we can make a better world” her final words to us, reminding us of the importance of unity and collaboration 🪷🙏🏾

21/02/2026

Yoga is not what the body does.
It’s what the body expresses.

B.K.S. Iyengar said:
🎶 “Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.”🎶

This is a reminder that:
🌿 Yoga is not mechanical
🌿 Awareness must reach every cell
🌿 Movement becomes meaningful when guided from within

💡 When the body is tuned, it stops performing and starts resonating.
Next time you step on the mat, don’t chase the pose.
Listen to the song.

👉 Save this as a reminder for your next practice
👉 Comment 🎶 if this resonates

21/02/2026

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