Top 15 B. K. S. Iyengar Quotes

Indian yoga teacher and scholar (1918–2014)

B. K. S. Iyengar or Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar ( December 14, 1918 – August 20, 2014), was the founder of the style of yoga known as "Iyengar Yoga" and was considered one of the foremost yoga teachers in the world. He has written many books on yoga practice and philosophy including "Light on Yoga", "Light on Pranayama", and "Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali".

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Birth Name: Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar

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Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.

The mind and the breath are the king and queen of human consciousness.

All games are meaningless if you do not know the rules.

Yoga does not just change the way we see things, it transforms the person who sees.

You must purge yourself before finding faults in others.
When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.
This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement.
Do not look at others' bodies with envy or with superiority.
All people are born with different constitutions.Never compare with others. Each one's capacities are a function of his or her internal strength.Know your capacities and continually improve upon them.

Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life/

You exist without the feeling of existence, existence has no meaning.

Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.

Of the two aspects of asana exertion of our body and penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat

The head is the seat of intelligence. The heart is the seat of emotion. Both have to work in cooperation with the body.

We think of intelligence and perception as taking place exclusively in our brains, but yoga teaches us that awareness and intelligence must permeate the body. Each part of the body literally has to engulfed by the intelligence. 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.

Health is not to be mistaken for mere existence. It is the balance of the body, mind and self... there rests the mind. If the breath scatters, the mind wanders. If mind wanders, the breath scatters. So still the breath to still the mind. Mind is the king.

The hardness of a diamond is part of its usefulness, but its true value is in the light that shines through it.

When we free ourselves from physical disabilities, emotional disturbances, and mental distractions, we open the gates to our soul.

The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core.