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...
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.
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.
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.
The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity and peace, and free it from confusion and distress B.K.S. Iyengar
The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity and peace, and free it from confusion and distress
There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives. B.K.S. Iyengar
There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within. B.K.S. Iyengar
Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.
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.
Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being. B.K.S. Iyengar
Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
