People say that steadiness of mind is an end; no, it is a beginning. I am there; I can explain everything up… — 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 I can say that I have superseded most in my sadhana [practice].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 beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen… — 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
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
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
Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you. — 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
When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity and peace, and free it from confusion and distress — 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
By drawing our senses of perception inward, we are able to experience the control, silence, and quietness of the mind. — 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
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
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
Yoga is as old and traditional as civilization, yet it persists in modern society as a means to achieving essential vitality. But… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
As long as the body is not in perfect health, you think about it, and that prevents you from thinking of the… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
In forward bends, one uses the outer mind while in backbends the outer mind is silenced and the inner mind is made… — 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
