A yogi never forgets that health must begin with the body. . . .Physical health is not a commodity to be bargained… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present. — 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
There is no difference in our souls...That is what yoga teaches. When you and I meet together, we forget ourselves -- our… — 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
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
