Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice. B.K.S. Iyengar More Quotes by B.K.S. Iyengar More Quotes From B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart B.K.S. Iyengar yogadoneheart Asanas maintain the strength and health of the body, without which little progress can be made. Asanas keep the body in harmony with nature B.K.S. Iyengar asanaprogressbody We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change. B.K.S. Iyengar piecesinfinitelittles When the restlessness of the mind, intellect and self is stilled through the practice of Yoga, the yogi by the grace of the Spirit within himself finds fulfillment. B.K.S. Iyengar yogapracticeself I don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I don’t want yesterday’s experience. I want to see what new understanding may come in addition to what I felt up to now. B.K.S. Iyengar understandingpracticeyesterday Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop. B.K.S. Iyengar growthcommunityyoga Willpower is concrete, not ethereal. When you do something, you demonstrate your willpower, and it becomes all the easier to have the same power of will the next time. B.K.S. Iyengar willpowereasiernext During inhalation, the breath should move exactly like clouds spreading in the sky. B.K.S. Iyengar skycloudsmoving Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one's life purposeful, useful and noble. B.K.S. Iyengar spiritualphilosophyart Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn. B.K.S. Iyengar painyogakeys Happy is the man who knows how to distinguish the real from the unreal, the eternal from the transient and the good from the pleasant by his discrimination and wisdom. B.K.S. Iyengar discriminationrealmen When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. B.K.S. Iyengar mistakeinspiringtrying You have to create love and affection for your body, for what it can do for you. Love must be incarnated in the smallest pore of the skin, the smallest cell of the body to make them intelligent so they can collaborate with all the other ones, in the big republic of the body. This love must radiate from you to others. B.K.S. Iyengar cellsintelligentskins Relaxation: In. Every. Pose. There. Should. Be. Repose. B.K.S. Iyengar reposeshould A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi, who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him. B.K.S. Iyengar selfblowwind In your discipline, if doubt comes, let it come. You do your work and let doubt carry on with its work. And let us see which gives up first! B.K.S. Iyengar disciplinegiving-updoubt I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take. B.K.S. Iyengar yogalifethinking If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circumstances. B.K.S. Iyengar yogapracticeself Regarding perfection, that's a very difficult question. I can say that I have superseded most in my sadhana [practice]. I am in it, and my mind and my intelligence gets better in my sadhana, and it reaches a certain place. When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens... My body is a laboratory, you can say. 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. B.K.S. Iyengar yogalifemoving Think light! Try to impart a feeling of lightness to the body. Think light. This can be achieved by mentally extending yourself outwards from the centre of the body, i.e., think tall. Think not just of raising your arms but of extending them outwards and when you are holding them still, think again of reaching still further away from your body. 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. B.K.S. Iyengar lightfeelingsthinking
