Asana Quote by B.K.S. Iyengar

Asanas keep your body, as well as your mind, healthy and active

— B.K.S. Iyengar

“Though asanas are very beneficial for the body, their real value lies in training the mind and thus making oneself a fit and healthy…

— Fr. John Ferreira

Asana is a very important part of life. It keeps you healthy, strong, and energetic. And it enables you to discover and reclaim the…

— Rajmani Tigunait

The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.

— B.K.S. Iyengar

“An asana, or yoga pose, is a container for an experience. An asana is not an exercise for strengthening or stretching a particular muscle…

— Leslie Kaminoff

“For centuries asanas have been used to stimulate every gland, muscle, and nerve in the body. The body, which has been described as a…

— Fr. John Ferreira

The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.

— B.K.S. Iyengar

The conjunction of effort, concentration and balance in asana forces us to live intensely in the present moment, a rare experience in modern life.

— B.K.S. Iyengar

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

The practice of 'asanas' and 'pranayama' wards off disease and helps to maintain alertness.

— Sivananda

Nowadays, the practice of yoga stops with just asanas. Very few even attempt dharana and dhyana (deeper meditation) with seriousness. There is a need…

— Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

“So we would say in yoga that the subtle precedes the gross, or spirit precedes matter. But yoga says we must deal with the…

— B.K.S. Iyengar