It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Sirsasana the king of all asanas and the reasons are not hard to find. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
When every asana is multi-petaled, why do you make it single petaled? — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intellect, and benevolence of spirit. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured. — 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
When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The conjunction of effort, concentration and balance in asana forces us to live intensely in the present moment, a rare experience in… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It's about using posture to understand and transform yourself. — 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
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
When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Is it necessary to practice all these asanas, further and further? Is it necessary to develop scientific researches further and further? To… — 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
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
Whenever asana is done mechanically from the front brain, the action is felt only on the peripheral body, and there is no… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The practice of yogasana for the sake of health, to keep fit, or to maintain flexibility is the external practice of yoga.… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one's being, from bodily… — 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
“So we would say in yoga that the subtle precedes the gross, or spirit precedes matter. But yoga says we must deal… — 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
Asana done from the brain makes one heavy and done from the heart makes one light. — 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
Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one's being, from bodily… — 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
Do not allow past experiences to be imprinted on your mind. Perform asana each time with a fresh mind and with a… — 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
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
