Pranayama teaches the aspirant to regulate his breathing and thereby control the mind. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The mind is the king of the senses, and the breath is the king of the mind — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Look after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
By drawing our senses of perception inward, we are able to experience the control, silence, and quietness of the mind. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind,… — 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
When you cannot hold the body still, you cannot hold the brain still. If you do not know the silence of the… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
As a mighty river which when properly harnessed by dams and canals, creates a vast reservoir of water, prevents famine and provides… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
You know the known, so go a little into the unknown. The mind that is caught up in the known - extended… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
People say that steadiness of mind is an end; no, it is a beginning. I am there; I can explain everything up… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
In Savasana or in meditation, the light of the eyes is drawn towards the lotus of the heart, so that the seat… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
“If citta is the sea, its movements (vrttis) are the ripples. Body, mind and consciousness are in communion with the soul; they… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Yes, flexibility of body and physical perfection for Yogasana is important. However more important is the state of your mind, Meditative mind.… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asanas each time with a fresh mind and with a… — 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
As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady. — 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
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
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind, and spirit. — 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
