Asanas penetrate deep into each layer of the body and ultimately into the consciousness itself.
B.K.S. IYENGARIt is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
-
-
You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
I always tell people, live happily and die majestically.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
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 -
Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
Willpower is concrete, not ethereal. When you do something, you demonstrate your willpower, and it becomes all the easier to have the same power of will the next time.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
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 -
Move from the known to the unknown.
B.K.S. IYENGAR