As long as you do not live totally in the body, you do not live totally in the Self. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
When an asana is done correctly the body movements are smooth, there is lightness in the body and freedom in the mind. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Practice doing yoga with an innocent mind. Then, you will be able to cognize the things happening in your body — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom! — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The needs of the body are the needs of the divine spirit which lives through the body. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
As long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it.… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
As a fire blazes brightly when the covering of ash over it is scattered by the wind, the divine fire within the… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
You have to create love and affection for your body, for what it can do for you. Love must be incarnated in… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The challenge of yoga is to go beyond our limits - within reason. We continually expand the frame of the mind by… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
You must do the asana with your soul. How can you do an asana with your soul? We can only do it… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Many ask me whether pranayama ... postpones old age. Why worry about it? Death is certain. Let it come when it comes.… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
You must fill every inch of your body with the asana from your chest and arms and legs to the tips of… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Yoga is as old and traditional as civilization, yet it persists in modern society as a means to achieving essential vitality. But… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
As long as you do not feel the serenity in the body, in each and every joint, there is no chance for… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Yoga is meant for the purification of body and its exploration as well as for the refinement of the mind. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The body has to be invaded by the intelligence; each part has to become intelligent. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
You do not need to seek freedom in a different land, for it exists with your own body, heart, mind, and soul. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
I don't stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The supreme adventure in a man’s life is his journey back to his Creator. To reach the goal he needs well developed… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
It is through the body that everything comes to the mind. It is through and with your body that you have to reach realization… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share
A yogi's brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share
Is it necessary to practice all these asanas, further and further? Is it necessary to develop scientific researches further and further? To a yogi,… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share
The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share
You have to create love and affection for your body, for what it can do for you. Love must be incarnated in the smallest… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share
In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share
Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share
Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share
Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share
