black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.

B.K.S. Iyengar

I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Dies Happily Majestically People
Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Giving Principle Student
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
One’s spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one’s fellow beings.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Inspiring Lying Spiritual
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
It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Art Inspiring 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 needs of the body are the needs of the divine self, which lives through the body.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Body Needs Spirit
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Body Health Inspiring Soul
The yogi learns to forget the past and takes no thought for the morrow. He lives in the eternal present.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Forget Past Yogi
The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Journey Mean Soul
Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Achieve Doubt Mind
Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Inspiring Life Wholeness Yoga
Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Attention Self Worry
Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Journey Self Yoga
A yogi’s brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Brain Feet Yogi

The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes