The needs of the body are the needs of the divine spirit which lives through the body. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind, and spirit. — 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
Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intellect, and benevolence of spirit. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
One's spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one's fellow beings. — 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
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
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
“For one who lacks ethical discipline and perfect physical health, there can be no spiritual illumination. Body, mind and spirit are inseparable:… — 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… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
You must do the asana with your soul. How can you do an asana with your soul? We can only do it… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
“So we would say in yoga that the subtle precedes the gross, or spirit precedes matter. But yoga says we must deal… — 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
