B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes About Yoga

Quotes about: Yoga

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

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Success, Spiritual, Wisdom

• Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Yoga, Arrows, Soul

• When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Inspiring, Success, Yoga

  "Healthiest You Ever: 365 Ways to Lose Weight, Build Strength, Boost Your BMI, Lower Your Blood Pressure, Increase Your Stamina, Improve Your Cholesterol Levels, and Energize from Head to Toe!" by Meera Lester, p. 291, December 18, 2011.

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

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Motivational, Inspiring, Success

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

• You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Life, Yoga, Heart

  "Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom".

• Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Flower, Yoga, Yield

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

• 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.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Inspiring, Moving, Yoga

• Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Inspiring, Success, Yoga

  BKS Iyengar (2015). “Yoga For Sports: A Journey towards Health and Healing”, p.106, Westland

• You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement. Do not look at others' bodies with envy or with superiority. All people are born with different constitutions. Never compare with others. Each one's capacities are a function of his or her internal strength. Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Mistake, Yoga, People

  "Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom". Book by B. K. S. Iyengar, 2005.

• Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Yoga, Mirrors, Looks

• Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Inspiring, Freedom, Yoga

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.22, Rodale

• Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Life, Yoga, Sweat

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.45, Rodale

• 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.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Inspiring, Yoga, Symphony

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

• It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Yoga, Body, Divinity

  "Yoga Connects You to the Perfection You Seek" by Vyda Bielkus, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 19, 2014.

• It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Life, Inspiring, Yoga

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.8, Rodale

• The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Life, Yoga, Reality

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.61, Rodale

• Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Inspiring, Yoga, Keys

  B.K.S Iyengar (2001). “Astadala Yogamala Volume-3”, p.32, Allied Publishers

• I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Prayer, Yoga, Standing

• Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Inspiring, Yoga, Broken

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.14, Rodale

• Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Inspiring, Yoga, Inspiring Yoga

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.14, Rodale

• Yoga is as old and traditional as civilization, yet it persists in modern society as a means to achieving essential vitality. But yoga demands that we develop not only strength in body but attention and awareness in mind.The yogi knows that the physical body is not only the temple for our soul but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Yoga, Mean, Journey

• Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Life, Inspiring, Yoga

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2014). “BKS Iyengar Yoga The Path to Holistic Health”, p.396, Dorling Kindersley Ltd

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

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Inspiring, Yoga, Past

• As each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its essence, one needs a religiously attentive dynamic practice done with awareness and absorption.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Yoga, Order, Essence

• If everyone practiced yoga, pharmacies would have to close.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Yoga, Pharmacy, Ifs

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