Top 85 Iyengar Yoga Quotes
#1. 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
#2. There is no difference in our souls ... That is what yoga teaches. When you and I meet together, we forget ourselves
our cultures and classes. There are no divisions, and we talk mind to mind, soul to soul. We are no different in our deepest needs. We are all humans.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#3. 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
#4. Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one's actions.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#5. Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#6. In yoga . . . many may take one path as a key in order to experience self-realisation while others take another path, but I say that there is absolutely no difference between the various practices of yoga." - B. K. S. Iyengar, The Tree of Yoga, p. 15
Georg Feuerstein
#7. Where there is yoga,
there is prosperity,
success, freedom and bliss.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#8. 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
#9. Yoga is the study of the functioning of the body, the mind and the intellect in the process of attaining freedom.
Geeta Iyengar
#10. Yoga is nothing if it is not perfect
harmonyof the body, senses, mind
and intellect, reason, consciousness
and self. When all these are integrated
that is true yoga.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#11. As we shave it happens that we cut ourself with the razor blade; this does not mean that we must not shave in the morning any longer. It is the same thing for yoga.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#12. If everyone practiced yoga, pharmacies would have to close.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#13. If you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#14. 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
#15. If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circumstances.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#16. When this body has been so magnificently and artistically created by God, it is only fitting that we should maintain it in good health and harmony by the most excellent and artistic science of Yoga.
Geeta Iyengar
#17. 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.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#19. Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man atevery level: physical, mental, spiritual. It is a practical method formaking one's life purposeful, useful and noble.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#20. Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#21. Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart
B.K.S. Iyengar
#22. Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one's being, from bodily health to self-realization.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#23. 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
#25. 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
#26. Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#27. All of us have a dormant spark of divinity in us which has to be fanned into flame by yoga.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#29. Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being
B.K.S. Iyengar
#30. Yoga takes us to an unconditioned freedom, because yoga sees even good habits as a form of conditioning or limitation.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#31. Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#32. Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#33. Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#34. Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#35. Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#36. Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul ...
B.K.S. Iyengar
#37. I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#38. Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#39. As a well cut diamond has many facets, each reflecting a different color of light, so does the word yoga, each facet reflecting a different shade of meaning and revealing different aspects of the entire range of human endeavor to win inner peace and happiness.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#40. Yoga has a threefold impact on health. It keeps healthy people healthy, it inhibits the development of diseases, and it aids recovery from ill health.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#41. I think overall the majority of people who are practicing it as a subject are following the right line. For the aberration, don't blame yoga or the whole community of yogis
B.K.S. Iyengar
#42. We cannot expect that millions are practicing real yoga just because millions of people claim to be doing yoga all over the globe. What has spread all over the world is not yoga. It is not even non-yoga; it is un-yoga.
Prashant Iyengar
#43. The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#44. By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#46. Gaining maturity in yoga practice involves learning to respect the paths that other people are on and acknowledging their merits, maybe even acknowledging that your own path is lacking in some area where another one excels.
Geeta Iyengar
#48. 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.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#49. 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
#50. It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#51. It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#52. Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#53. Practice doing yoga with an innocent mind. Then, you will be able to cognize the things happening in your body
B.K.S. Iyengar
#54. The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#55. When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#56. After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#57. I don't stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#59. This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#61. Not all practitioners can jump to that highest level. They have to climb, step by step from the physical sphere to reach the spiritual sphere. If it is treated as exercise it is not the fault of yoga but of the practitioners.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#62. Our greed comes from our fear that we will not have enough - whether it is money or love that we grasp. Yoga teaches us to let go of these fears and so to realize the abundance around us and within us.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#63. Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
B.K.S. Iyengar
#64. Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#65. I am standing on my own altar; The poses are my prayers.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#66. Yoga does not just change the way we see things, it transforms the person who sees.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#67. Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#68. 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
#69. Yoga is meant for the purification of body and its exploration as well as for the refinement of the mind.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#70. Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#71. In an asana, the mind has to reach inside the body to find a quiet space until a point comes where perfect balance is felt.
Geeta Iyengar
#72. Words cannot convey the value of yoga - it has to be experienced.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#73. I first went to India because of my interest in yoga, hoping to go to the Iyengar Centre in Pune for a while. That didn't work out, but I ended up on a beach in Goa, writing.
Damon Galgut
#74. Yoga is the music of the soul. So do continue, and the gates of the soul will open.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#75. The highest point of yesterday should be the lowest point of today
B.K.S. Iyengar
#76. As the trunk is one but the branches are many, yoga is one but adaptations may vary.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#77. 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
#78. Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#79. The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses
B.K.S. Iyengar
#80. Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#81. Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#82. The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#83. Life means to be living.Problems will always be there. When they arise navigate through them with yoga- don't take a break.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#84. It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#85. Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.
B.K.S. Iyengar
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