B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes - Page 3

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• The practice of yogasana for the sake of health, to keep fit, or to maintain flexibility is the external practice of yoga. While this is a legitimate place to begin, it is not the end. Even in simple asanas, one is experiencing the three levels of quest: the external quest, which brings firmness of the body; the internal quest, which brings steadiness of intelligence; and the innermost quest, which brings benevolence of spirit.

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  Yoga, Simple, Practice

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

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• Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.

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  Inspiring, Teacher, Compassion

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• The challenge of yoga is to go beyond our limits - within reason. We continually expand the frame of the mind by using the canvas of the body. It is as if you were to stretch a canvas more and create a larger surface for a painting. But we must respect the present form of our body. If you pull too much at once, we will rip the canvas. If the practice of today damages the practice of tomorrow, it is not correct practice.

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  Rip, Yoga, Practice

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• Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.

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  Inspiring, Disappointment, Practice

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2005). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.224, Rodale

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• Yoga is as old and traditional as civilization, yet it persists in modern society as a means to achieving essential vitality. But yoga demands that we develop not only strength in body but attention and awareness in mind.The yogi knows that the physical body is not only the temple for our soul but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.

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  Yoga, Mean, Journey

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• Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.

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  Kings, Mind, Breaths

  "Astadala Yogamala". Volume 5,

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• The beauty of a lake reflects the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.

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  Lakes, Self, Mind

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• Intensity is a mental attitude more than a physical attitude. Many people misunderstand what intensity means. They think it means straining and sweating. No! That is a wrong meaning of the word! Intensity is to get totally involved, fully immersed and absorbed in what one is doing. Intense practice means a fast and keen mode in adjusting, correcting, and progressively proceeding.

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  Attitude, Mean, Thinking

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2009). “B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Wisdom and Practice”, p.112, Dorling Kindersley Ltd

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• Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.

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  Song, Yoga, Cells

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• There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.

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  Reality, Universal

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.8, Rodale

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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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• Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being

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  Spiritual, Yoga, Men

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• Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.

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  Inspiring, Success, Yoga

  BKS Iyengar (2015). “Yoga For Sports: A Journey towards Health and Healing”, p.106, Westland

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• There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.

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  Reality, Way

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• When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.

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  Inspiring, Success, Yoga

  "Healthiest You Ever: 365 Ways to Lose Weight, Build Strength, Boost Your BMI, Lower Your Blood Pressure, Increase Your Stamina, Improve Your Cholesterol Levels, and Energize from Head to Toe!" by Meera Lester, p. 291, December 18, 2011.

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• Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child.

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  Inspiring, Children, Soul

  B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.126, Shambhala Publications

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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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• I don't stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.

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  Yoga, Self, Body

  "India yoga guru BKS Iyengar dies". www.bbc.com. August 20, 2014.

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• The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.

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  Prayer, Body, Asana

  B.K.S Iyengar (2001). “Astadala Yogamala Volume-2: Collected Works”, p.329, Allied Publishers

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• 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.

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  Moving, Challenges, Disturbance

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• Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one's actions.

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  Attitude, Yoga, Skills

  B.K.S Iyengar (2000). “Astadala Yogamala Volume-1”, p.76, Allied Publishers

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• Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.

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  Rays, Sun, Awareness

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• Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures.
  That is contentment.

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  Contentment, Should, Success Or Failure

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

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• Yoga is the rule book for playing the game of Life, but in this game no one needs to lose. It is tough, and you need to train hard. It requires the willingness to think for yourself, to observe and correct, and to surmount occasional setbacks. It demands honesty, sustained application, and above all love in your heart.

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  Honesty, Yoga, Book

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.16, Rodale

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• The cure to combat the three Ss- stress, strain, and speed- can be found in three Ws- the work of devoted practice, the wisdom that comes of understanding the self and the world, and worship because ultimately surrendering to what we cannot control allows the ego to relax and lose the anxiety of its own infinitesimally small self in the infinitude of the divine.

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  Stress, Self, Practice

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