Life means to be living.Problems will always be there. When they arise navigate through them with yoga- don't take a break. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The whole thrust of yogic philosophical and scientific inquiry has therefore been to examine the nature of being, with a view to… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
“Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek the sunlight. The Universe did not create Life in the hope that the failure of… — 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
My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life. — 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 I can say that I have superseded most in my sadhana [practice].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
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
As each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The supreme adventure in a man's life is his journey back to his Creator. — 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
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
