There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
B.K.S. IYENGARThere is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
B.K.S. IYENGARPeople remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age.
B.K.S. IYENGARBe inspired but not proud.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.
B.K.S. IYENGARIt is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.
B.K.S. IYENGARTrue concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
B.K.S. IYENGARIt took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe study of asana is not about mastering posture. It’s about using posture to understand and transform yourself.
B.K.S. IYENGARIgnorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge.
B.K.S. IYENGARDo not stop trying just because perfection eludes you.
B.K.S. IYENGARI always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
B.K.S. IYENGARYou do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.
B.K.S. IYENGARWhen I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist.
B.K.S. IYENGARLack of knowledge is the source of all pains and sorrows whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted or fully active.
B.K.S. IYENGARThe body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.
B.K.S. IYENGARNothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
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