black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

One’s spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one’s fellow beings.

B.K.S. Iyengar

You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Faults Inspiring Same Mistakes
Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Flower Yield Yoga
Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

May Suffering Thinking
First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Differences Mind Yoga
My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Accomplish Crazy Passionate
Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Force Nothing Receptivity
Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Body Nervous Nervous System
When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Asana Body Posture
The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Spiritual Success Wisdom
The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Asana Body Prayer
We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Body Mind Need Sound
The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Faces Overcoming Way
Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Looks Mirrors Yoga
Don’t practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Inner Beauty Light Practice
Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Compassion Inspiring Teacher
Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Discipline Soul Yoga

One’s spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one’s fellow beings.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

One’s spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one’s fellow beings.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes