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
Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child. — 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
Regarding perfection, that’s a very difficult question. I can say that I have superseded most in my sadhana [practice]. I am in… — 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
When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing… — 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
The yogi cannot be afraid to die, because he has brought life to every cell of his body. We are afraid to… — 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
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
Yoga is nothing if it is not perfect harmonyof the body, senses, mind and intellect, reason, consciousness and self. When all these… — 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
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
Backbends are not poses meant for expressionism. Backbends are meant to understand the back parts of our bodies. The front body can… — 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
People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age. — 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
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
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
Think light! Try to impart a feeling of lightness to the body. Think light. This can be achieved by mentally extending yourself… — 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 Image
A yogi's brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head — 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 a yogi,… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid. — 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 the smallest… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
