Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar (14 December 1918 – 20 August 2014), better known as B.K.S. Iyengar, was the founder of the style of yoga k...
An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind. B.K.S. Iyengar
An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
A good teacher helps you explore the maximum. B.K.S. Iyengar
A good teacher helps you explore the maximum.
The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It's about using posture to understand and transform yourself. B.K.S. Iyengar
The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It's about using posture to understand and transform yourself.
True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness. B.K.S. Iyengar
True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.
Don't practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light. B.K.S. Iyengar
Don't practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind, and spirit. B.K.S. Iyengar
Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind, and spirit.
Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame. B.K.S. Iyengar
Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.
Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target. B.K.S. Iyengar
Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in. B.K.S. Iyengar
The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment. B.K.S. Iyengar
Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment.
If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed. B.K.S. Iyengar
If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.
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
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.