Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
When I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind. — 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… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Abhyasa (practice) is a dedicated, unswerving, constant, and vigilant search into a chosen subject pursued against all odds in the face of… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
As a fire blazes brightly when the covering of ash over it is scattered by the wind, the divine fire within the… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
I don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The practice of yogasana for the sake of health, to keep fit, or to maintain flexibility is the external practice of yoga.… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The cure to combat the three Ss- stress, strain, and speed- can be found in three Ws- the work of devoted practice,… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
The challenge of yoga is to go beyond our limits - within reason. We continually expand the frame of the mind by… — 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… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
If you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Don't practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light. — 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
If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Intensity is a mental attitude more than a physical attitude. Many people misunderstand what intensity means. They think it means straining and… — 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
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
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
![“Regarding perfection, that’s a very difficult question. I can say that I have superseded most in my sadhana [practice]. I am in it, and my mind and my intelligence gets better in my sadhana, and it reaches a certain place. When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate…” quote by B.K.S. Iyengar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b8a/b-k-s-iyengar-949_awareness_regarding-perfection-that-s-a-very-diffi_2205144.jpg)
