B.K.S. Iyengar
Quotes
An influential Indian yoga teacher, he is renowned for developing Iyengar Yoga, a style that emphasizes precision, alignment, and the use of props like blocks and straps to make yoga accessible to people of all ages and abilities. His approach stresses the importance of both the mental and physical aspects of yoga, encouraging students to develop mindfulness and discipline. Iyengar’s teachings also integrate philosophy and breath control (pranayama) with postures (asanas), contributing significantly to the global spread and understanding of yoga.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Quotes
An influential Indian yoga teacher, he is renowned for developing Iyengar Yoga, a style that emphasizes precision, alignment, and the use of props like blocks and straps to make yoga accessible to people of all ages and abilities. His approach stresses the importance of both the mental and physical aspects of yoga, encouraging students to develop mindfulness and discipline. Iyengar’s teachings also integrate philosophy and breath control (pranayama) with postures (asanas), contributing significantly to the global spread and understanding of yoga.
Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
Regular practice of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability.
I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.
Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
If you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity.
The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.
Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
Yoga is the rule book for playing the game of Life, but in this game no one needs to lose. It is tough, and you need to train hard. It requires the willingness to think for yourself, to observe and correct, and to surmount occasional setbacks. It demands honesty, sustained application, and above all love in your heart.
If you can adapt to and balance in a world that is always moving and unstable, you learn how to become tolerant to the permanence of change and difference.
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.
The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.
Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
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.
Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.
After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.
Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power.
Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
If you have the right mind, your body can do anything.
We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.
