If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.
B.K.S. IYENGARPenetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.
More B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes
-
-
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 -
When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
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 -
In your discipline, if doubt comes, let it come. You do your work and let doubt carry on with its work. And let us see which gives up first!
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
Yoga is the method by which the restless mind is calmed And the energy directed into constructive channels.
B.K.S. IYENGAR -
We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.
B.K.S. IYENGAR






