08/29/2026
There is no simple pose.
A familiar āsana can still have something new to teach us.
Sri Prashant S. Iyengar put it plainly:
“At every level, asana has something to offer.
At every level, the fruit is reaped.
And try to taste that fruit of every pose,
at every degree.”
Think of Trikoṇāsana.
The shape may be familiar. But what are we actually observing?
Is the front knee straight, or drifting inward?
Is the back foot grounded, with the outer edge pressing down?
Is the trunk extending as one long line, or collapsing towards the floor?
Is the chest turning open without the hip rolling forward?
Not every pose looks impressive.
Not every pose asks for strength.
But every pose asks for attention.
The fruit of practice is not reserved for difficult poses. It is not waiting somewhere at the far end of our practice.
It can be here — in the pose we are holding now, at the degree available to us today.
So when you enter a pose you have practised a hundred times, perhaps the question is not:
“What comes next?”
But:
“What has this pose not yet shown me?”
💬 What fruit did a familiar pose give you — one you did not expect it to hold?
We read every one.
