black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts

B.K.S. Iyengar

It is through the body that everything comes to the mind. It is through and with your body that you have to reach realization of being a spark of divinity. How can we neglect the temple of the spirit?
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Body Mind Realization
Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Art Philosophy Yoga
Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Awareness Rays Sun
As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Energy Inward Mind
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

Keys Pain Yoga
True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Awareness Inspiring Unbroken
Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Journey Self Yoga
Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Asana Body Progress
Activity and passivity must go together in asanas.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Activity Together
We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Body Mind Need Sound
The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Bird Practice Soul
When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world, but by being a healthy, living organ of the body of humanity.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Healthy Humanity Soul
In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Body Mind Soul
After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Mind Passive Yoga
The pose begins when you want to leave it.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Want Yoga Yoga Practice
Learning is as much an art as teaching
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Art Learn Teaching

Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes