My fabulous teacher Carrie Owerko : Exploring Iyengar Yoga Principles (Adho Mukha Svanasana)

Essay of  Iyengar in the Tree of Yoga: Effort, Awareness and Joy. Iyengar says that in any yoga pose two things are required: a sense of direction and center of gravity. So knowing where is your center, literary your center of gravity, where is this mysterious center, and where is the sense of direction. And when I read that sentence it really struck me because I thought: "I don't think I always know that. Very rarely actually, if I am really honest with myself". The other thing is (he says) that the weak part is the source of the action. It is true that in analysis you dissipate energy at first. Later you are not, and that is why effort will become less. Direction will come, and when you go in the right direction wisdom begins, then wise actions come, and you no longer feel the effort as effort, you feel the effort as a joy.

Thank you Carrie 

Stefania Supriya