B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes

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• The study of asana is not about mastering posture.
  It's about using posture to understand and transform yourself.

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  Asana, Study, Posture

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• We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.

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  Rise Above, Limitation

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• The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.

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  Yoga, Confusion, Simplicity

  "BKS Iyengar Yoga The Path to Holistic Health".

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• Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.

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  Challenges, Mind, Doe

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• Look after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health of the body, and the fragrance of the mind and richness of the spirit will follow.

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  Flower, Roots, Tree

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• Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.

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  Thinking, Suffering, May

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.40, Rodale

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• The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.

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  Success, Spiritual, Wisdom

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• Change is not something that we should fear. Rather, it is something that we should welcome. For without change, nothing in this world would ever grow or blossom, and no one in this world would ever move forward to become the person they're meant to be.

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  Inspiring, Moving, Yoga

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• Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.

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  Motivational, Inspiring, Success

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2014). “BKS Iyengar Yoga The Path to Holistic Health”, p.35, Dorling Kindersley Ltd

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• Words cannot convey the value of yoga - it has to be experienced.

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  Inspiring, Yoga, Values

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• A yogi never forgets that health must begin with the body. . . .Physical health is not a commodity to be bargained for. Nor can it be swallowed in the form of drugs and pills. . . .
  It is something that we must build up. You have to create within yourself the experience of beauty, liberation, and infinity. This is health.

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  Drug, Pills, Body

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• First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.

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  Yoga, Differences, Mind

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• A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.

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  Mind, World, May

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.165, Rodale

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• Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.

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  Health, Soul And Body, Mind

  "Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom". Book by B.K.S. Iyengar (p. 48), September 19, 2006.

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• Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.

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  Inspiring, Willpower, Willingness

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.56, Rodale

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• Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts

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  Doubt, Mind

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• Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.

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  Inspiring, Jobs, Focus

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• Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.

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  Balance, Foundation, Body

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.43, Rodale

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• Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.

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  Inspiring, Yoga, Past

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• When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.

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  Brain, Mind, Sake

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• Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.

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  Yoga, Discipline, Soul

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.62, Rodale

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• We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.

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  Mind, Sound Body, Needs

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.24, Rodale

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• Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.

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  Inspiring, Yoga, Symphony

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Astadala Yogamala (Collected Works), Volume 6”, p.129, Allied Publishers

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• The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.

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  Inspiring, Art, Teaching

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• The yogi cannot be afraid to die, because he has brought life to every cell of his body. We are afraid to die, because we are afraid we have not lived. The yogi has lived.

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  Cells, Body, Yogi

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.246, Rodale

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