black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.

B.K.S. Iyengar

There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Differences Ideas Soul
Without the accurate spine movement, one can’t exist dynamically.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Accurate Movement Spine
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

Bird Practice Soul
We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die….So just standing still isn’t really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Challenges Disturbance Moving
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
Move from the known to the unknown.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Moving Shack Unknown Worlds
Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Fulfillment Plant Sunlight
The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Spiritual Success Wisdom
Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Bliss Inspiring Missing
We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Body Eye Two
When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Inspiring Mistake Trying
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

Block Soul Wall
Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

Keys Pain 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
The breath must be enticed or cajoled, like catching a horse in a field, not by chasing after it, but by standing still with an apple in one’s hand.
B.K.S. IYENGAR

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

Dies Happily Majestically People

Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes