Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice. B.K.S. Iyengar More Quotes by B.K.S. Iyengar More Quotes From B.K.S. Iyengar How can you know God if you don't know your big toe? B.K.S. Iyengar toesbigsinspiring While doing the postures, your mind should be in half-consciousn ess, which does not mean sleep. It means silence, emptiness, space, which can then be filled with an acute awareness of the sensations given by the posture. You watch yourself from inside. It is a full silence. B.K.S. Iyengar spacesleepmean Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame. B.K.S. Iyengar flamesyogafire From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom! B.K.S. Iyengar ultimate-freedombodymind When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in whatever posture we are doing. Let us be full in whatever we do. B.K.S. Iyengar asanaposturebody Activity and passivity must go together in asanas. B.K.S. Iyengar asanaactivitytogether Death is unimportant to a yogi; he does not mind when he is going to die. What happens after death is immaterial to him. He is only concerned with life-with how he can use his life for the betterment of humanity. Having undergone various types of pain in his life and having acquired a certain mastery over pain, he develops compassion to help society and maintains himself in purity and holiness. The yogi has no interest beyond that. B.K.S. Iyengar paincompassionhumanity Approach each asana with freshness every day. B.K.S. Iyengar freshnessasanaapproach Ignorance has no beginning, but it has an end. There is a beginning but no end to knowledge. B.K.S. Iyengar ignoranceends The supreme adventure in a man's life is his journey back to his Creator. B.K.S. Iyengar journeyinspiringadventure You must do the asana with your soul. How can you do an asana with your soul? We can only do it with the organ of the body that is closest to the soul - the heart. So a virtuous asana is done from the heart and not from the head. Then you are not just doing it, but you are in it. Many people try to think their way into an asana, but you must instead feel your way into it through love and devotion B.K.S. Iyengar heartpeoplethinking We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sides. B.K.S. Iyengar partymindtwo You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. B.K.S. Iyengar same-mistakesfaultsinspiring Do to your capacity. Always strive to extend your capacity. Ten minutes today, after a few days, twelve minutes. Master that, then again extend. B.K.S. Iyengar strivetwelvetoday You exist without the feeling of existence. B.K.S. Iyengar existencefeelingsinspiring The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas. B.K.S. Iyengar asanabodybrain People remind me of my age, but while practising I am beyond my body and its age. B.K.S. Iyengar bodyagepeople 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 appreciateyogadiscovery The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself. B.K.S. Iyengar yogalifereality Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration. B.K.S. Iyengar livelycelebrationdies
