We do Yoga to have a positive approach towards the world

"(...)I believe when the energy descends one doesn’t have the same vision of the world, than when the energy is rising. When the energy drops there is a tendency to see the negative aspect of life and there is no Yoga in this direction. We do Yoga to have a positive approach towards the world. This is where we can see if a yoga practitioner first practise and second practise correctly. A yoga practitioner that doesn’t practice enough will always have a negative view of the world, since there is no support to the ascending energy that we look for in the Iyengar practice. It is where we, as regular practitioners, are forced to question and observe the way in which we look at the world. When one starts criticising the entire world one should be challenged and look unencumbered. It is there where we enter the work of “svadhyaya” when we observe and discover at a certain point of our life that we criticize everyone, that we don’t see the positive aspect of things and one is constantly complaining. When we face that stage, one should consider his practice differently because something is wrong. But I must say those moments of withdrawal or pulling back are in the path of every Yoga practitioner; one must pass through this, although it is difficult. When this pull back or withdraw comes we should accept to change something somewhere. Of course, it will be different from one person to the other according to the context of one’s life and education. And from there, transform this negative aspect towards something that lifts us up not only in our soul but also the relation with our daily environment. Our daily lives are heavy in some parts, like our hips. It drags us down because it is so repetitive and in the end, monotonous. I believe that one that practices Yoga correctly, even with these monotonies, will keep the joy of life. When one has the joy of life, the love for others,a little compassion for all then, even if there is the routine of life, he is going in the right way on the path of Yoga. Those questions arise from our pelvis and take us very far in our daily life. "

Sempre que sinto um desânimo enorme em relaçao ao mundo (e não me perguntem porquê... desde que me lembro de mim que sofro deste mal), penso logo "pronto, voltamos ao mesmo". É a minha maior fraqueza. Sem dúvida, sinto-o muito menos... e de forma muito menos limitativa... mas parece-me sempre um fantasma a pairar atrás de mim.

http://www.iyengaryoga.be/en/magazine, entrevista a Corine Biria