We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
B.K.S. IYENGARWe can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.
B.K.S. IYENGARHealth begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.
B.K.S. IYENGARDo 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. IYENGARAs a well cut diamond has many facets, each reflecting a different color of light, so does the word yoga, each facet reflecting a different shade of meaning and revealing different aspects of the entire range of human endeavor to win inner peace and happiness.
B.K.S. IYENGARI 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. IYENGARYoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.
B.K.S. IYENGARIf you balance in the Present, you are living in Eternity
B.K.S. IYENGARExtension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.
B.K.S. IYENGARActivity and passivity must go together in asanas.
B.K.S. IYENGARI always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
B.K.S. IYENGARWe need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.
B.K.S. IYENGARYoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart
B.K.S. IYENGARMove from the known to the unknown.
B.K.S. IYENGARThere is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
B.K.S. IYENGARIlluminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it
B.K.S. IYENGARLack of knowledge is the source of all pains and sorrows whether dormant, attenuated, interrupted or fully active.
B.K.S. IYENGAR