B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes

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• The study of asana is not about mastering posture.
  It's about using posture to understand and transform yourself.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Asana, Study, Posture

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• Do 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.

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  Thinking, Suffering, May

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.40, Rodale

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• Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.

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  Challenges, Mind, Doe

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• Look after the root of the tree, and the fragrant flower and luscious fruits will grow by themselves. Look after the health of the body, and the fragrance of the mind and richness of the spirit will follow.

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  Flower, Roots, Tree

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• The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.

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  Yoga, Confusion, Simplicity

  "BKS Iyengar Yoga The Path to Holistic Health".

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• A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.

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  Mind, World, May

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.165, Rodale

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• The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.

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  Success, Spiritual, Wisdom

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• Change is not something that we should fear. Rather, it is something that we should welcome. For without change, nothing in this world would ever grow or blossom, and no one in this world would ever move forward to become the person they're meant to be.

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  Inspiring, Moving, Yoga

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

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  Motivational, Inspiring, Success

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2014). “BKS Iyengar Yoga The Path to Holistic Health”, p.35, Dorling Kindersley Ltd

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• Words cannot convey the value of yoga - it has to be experienced.

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  Inspiring, Yoga, Values

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• Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.

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  Inspiring, Jobs, Focus

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• Without the accurate spine movement, one can't exist dynamically.

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  Movement, Spine, Accurate

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• If you can adapt to and balance in a world that is always moving and unstable, you learn how to become tolerant to the permanence of change and difference.

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  Moving, Differences, Balance

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.48, Rodale

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• Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.

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  Block, Mind, Flow

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• Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.

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  Inspiring, Capacity, Same Mistakes

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.60, Rodale

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• Keep your attention internal, not external, not worrying about what others see, but what the Self sees.

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  Self, Worry, Attention

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.34, Rodale

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• Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.

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  Balance, Foundation, Body

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.43, Rodale

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• Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.

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  Inspiring, Yoga, Symphony

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Astadala Yogamala (Collected Works), Volume 6”, p.129, Allied Publishers

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• You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.

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  Life, Yoga, Heart

  "Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom".

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• You must fill every inch of your body with the asana from your chest and arms and legs to the tips of your fingers and toes so that the asana radiates from the core of your body and fills the entire diameter and circumference of your limbs. You must feel your intelligence, your awareness, and your consciousness in every inch of your body.

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  Body, Asana, Legs

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.63, Rodale

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• Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.

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  Peace, India, Nations

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.45, Shambhala Publications

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• Don't practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.

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  Light, Practice, Inner Beauty

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• Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability

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  Yoga, Faces, Helping

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• In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.

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  Soul, Mind, Body

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.45, Shambhala Publications

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• Learning is as much an art as teaching

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  Art, Teaching

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