We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
B.K.S. IYENGARWithout education, confidence does not come.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
-
-
Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
I think overall the majority of people who are practicing it as a subject are following the right line. For the aberration, don’t blame yoga or the whole community of yogis
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
The yogi cannot be afraid to die, because he has brought life to every cell of his body. We are afraid to die, because we are afraid we have not lived. The yogi has lived.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
B.K.S. IYENGAR






