--- title: "1 True Yoga Quotes By B.K.S. Iyengar" description: "1 True Yoga quotes by B.K.S. Iyengar. Plus more from B.K.S. Iyengar and more True Yoga sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9e/b-k-s-iyengar-949_body_yoga-is-nothing-if-it-is-not-perfect-har_2761858.png" --- > [Yoga is nothing if it is not perfect harmonyof the body, senses, mind and intellect, reason, consciousness and self. When all these are integrated that is true yoga.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-k-s-iyengar/yoga-is-nothing-if-it-is-not-perfect-harmonyof-the-body-senses-mind/) [B.K.S. Iyengar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-k-s-iyengar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9e/b-k-s-iyengar-949_body_yoga-is-nothing-if-it-is-not-perfect-har_2761858.png) ## More by B.K.S. Iyengar > [It is through the body that everything comes to the mind. 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Iyengar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-k-s-iyengar/) > [Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-k-s-iyengar/breath-is-the-vehicle-of-consciousness-and-so-by-its-slow-measured/) [B.K.S. Iyengar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-k-s-iyengar/) > [Yoga releases the creative potential in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-k-s-iyengar/yoga-releases-the-creative-potential-in-life/) [B.K.S. Iyengar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-k-s-iyengar/) > [Do not live in the future, only the present is real](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-k-s-iyengar/do-not-live-in-the-future-only-the-present-is-real/) [B.K.S. 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