Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul. B.K.S. Iyengar More Quotes by B.K.S. Iyengar More Quotes From B.K.S. Iyengar Give more than you receive. That is the principle I tell all my students. B.K.S. Iyengar principlesstudentsgiving Practice doing yoga with an innocent mind. Then, you will be able to cognize the things happening in your body B.K.S. Iyengar yogapracticemind The pose begins when you want to leave it. B.K.S. Iyengar yoga-practiceyogawant A yogi never forgets that health must begin with the body. . . .Physical health is not a commodity to be bargained for. Nor can it be swallowed in the form of drugs and pills. . . . B.K.S. Iyengar pillsdrugbody Your body is the child of the soul. you must nourish and train that child. B.K.S. Iyengar soulinspiringchildren Action is movement with intelligence. The world is filled with movement. What the world needs is more conscious movement, more action. B.K.S. Iyengar yoga-and-lifeinspiringneeds It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment. B.K.S. Iyengar yogainspiringart The back is like a frame, the front body, the painting that it throws into relief. B.K.S. Iyengar reliefpaintingbody Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together. B.K.S. Iyengar yogabrokeninspiring Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one's being, from bodily health to self realization. Yoga means union - the union of body with consciousness and consciousness with the soul. Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day to day life and endows skill in the performance of one's actions. B.K.S. Iyengar yogasuccessattitude After a session of yoga, the mind becomes tranquil and passive. B.K.S. Iyengar passiveyogamind Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it B.K.S. Iyengar freedomyogainspiring The yogi cannot be afraid to die, because he has brought life to every cell of his body. We are afraid to die, because we are afraid we have not lived. The yogi has lived. B.K.S. Iyengar cellsbodyyogi In order to find out how to reveal our innermost Being, the sages explored the various sheaths of existence, starting from body and progressing through mind and intelligence, and ultimately to the soul. The yogic journey guides us from our periphery, the body, to the center ofour being, the soul. The aim is to integrate the variouslayers so that the inner divinity shines out as through clear glass. B.K.S. Iyengar glassesjourneyorder Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system. B.K.S. Iyengar nervous-systemnervousbody One has to see oneself through one's actions, works, and mind. Knowing the Self by the self is not as easy as writing that line. A # yogi sees things in every movement he makes, maybe when practicing, maybe when teaching, or maybe when talking to people. You should have courage in your convictions and pursue what is dear to you all these years. B.K.S. Iyengar teachingselfwriting There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere. B.K.S. Iyengar universalreality The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly. B.K.S. Iyengar soulpracticebird Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life. B.K.S. Iyengar inspiring-yogayogainspiring Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart B.K.S. Iyengar yogadoneheart
