B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes

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• We can rise above our limitations, only once we recognize them.

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  Rise Above, Limitation

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

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  Asana, Study, Posture

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• By drawing our senses of perception inward, we are able to experience the control, silence, and quietness of the mind.

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  Inspiring, Drawing, Silence

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.12, 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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• 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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• Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.

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  Health, Soul And Body, Mind

  "Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom". Book by B.K.S. Iyengar (p. 48), September 19, 2006.

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

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  Inspiring, Yoga, Values

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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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• 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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• When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.

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  Brain, Mind, Sake

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• An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.

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  Heart, Intellectual, Mind

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• The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.

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  Choices, Decision, Brave

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• Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.

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  Thinking, Littles, Little Things

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.83, Shambhala Publications

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• Yes, flexibility of body and physical perfection for Yogasana is important. However more important is the state of your mind, Meditative mind. Your flexibility might be excellent but if your mind is not attentive, you are merely doing some physical exercise, not Yoga.

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  Yoga, Exercise, Perfection

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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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• Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts

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  Doubt, Mind

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• This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.

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  Weed, Yoga, Garden

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.41, Rodale

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• When an asana is done correctly the body movements are smooth, there is lightness in the body and freedom in the mind.

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  Mind, Done, Movement

  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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• 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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