black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.

B.K.S. Iyengar

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

Compassion Inspiring Teacher
Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Men Spiritual Yoga
We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sides.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Mind Party Two
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

Ego Self Yoga
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

Body Cells Yogi
Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Community Growth Yoga
Through surrender the aspirant’s ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Ego Grace Rain
Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Effort Practice Yoga
If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circumstances.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Practice Self Yoga
There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Issues Keys Progress
Yoga is the music of the soul. So do continue, and the gates of the soul will open.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Gates Soul Yoga
Backbends are to be felt more than expressed. The other postures can be expressed and then felt. Like in meditation each person has to feel backbends.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Backbends Meditation Posture
I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Life Thinking Yoga
Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Art Symmetrical Yoga
Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Art Philosophy Yoga
Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Goal Inspiring Spirituality

Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes