B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes - Page 3

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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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• Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.

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  Art, Yoga, Soul

  B. K. S. Iyengar (1985). “The art of Yoga”, Allen & Unwin Australia

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• Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul

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  Soul, Training, Mind

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• We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.

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  Cells, Blood, Practice

  B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.258, Rodale

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• Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.

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  B.K.S. Iyengar (2005). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.234, Rodale

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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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• There is no difference in our souls...That is what yoga teaches. When you and I meet together, we forget ourselves -- our cultures and classes. There are no divisions, and we talk mind to mind, soul to soul. We are no different in our deepest needs. We are all humans.

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  Yoga, Class, Differences

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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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• He who has learnt to control his tongue has attained self-control in a great measure. When such a person speaks he will be heard with respect and attention. His words will be remembered, for they will be good and true. When one who is established in truth prays with a pure heart, then things he really needs come to him when they are really needed: he does not have to run after them. The man firmly established in truth gets the fruit of his actions without apparently doing anything. God, the source of all truth, supplies his needs and looks after his welfare.

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  Running, Truth, Heart

  "Astadala Yogamala Volume-2: Collected Works".

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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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• 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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• 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 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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• 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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• The pose begins when you want to leave it.

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  Yoga, Want, Yoga Practice

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world, but by being a healthy, living organ of the body of humanity.

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  Healthy, Soul, Humanity

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