It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
As we shave it happens that we cut ourself with the razor blade; this does not mean that we must not shave… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in… — 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
The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The sleeping tortoise takes all its limbs into its carapace. So does the yogi: going back into himself he does not see… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
As a well cut diamond has many facets, each reflecting a different color of light, so does the word yoga, each facet… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Where does the body end and the mind begin? Where does the mind end and the spirit begin? They cannot be divided… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
While doing the postures, your mind should be in half-consciousn ess, which does not mean sleep. It means silence, emptiness, space, which… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
He who has learnt to control his tongue has attained self-control in a great measure. When such a person speaks he will… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
A scientist sets out to conquer nature through knowledge - external nature, external knowledge. By these means he may split the atom… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Death is unimportant to a yogi; he does not mind when he is going to die. What happens after death is immaterial… — 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
