Quote

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

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

B.K.S. Iyengar
Freedom
Emancipation
Inward
Bliss
Discover
Untainted
Yoga
Unalloyed
Inspiring
Embark
Choose
Await
Journey
Illuminated

More quotes by B.K.S. Iyengar

Image
Savasana is being without was, being without will be. It is being without anyone who is.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Image
Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Image
Yoga is nothing if it is not perfect harmonyof the body, senses, mind and intellect, reason, consciousness and self. When all these are integrated that is true yoga.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Image
The conjunction of effort, concentration and balance in asana forces us to live intensely in the present moment, a rare experience in modern life.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Image
Health is not a commodity to be bargained for. It has to be earned through sweat.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Image
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
Image
Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Image
Classics postures, when practiced with discrimination and awareness, bring the body, mind, and consciousness into a single, harmonious whole.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Image
When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world, but by being a healthy, living organ of the body of humanity.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Image
When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul
B.K.S. Iyengar
Image
Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Image
Breath is the king of mind.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Image
As we shave it happens that we cut ourself with the razor blade this does not mean that we must not shave in the morning any longer. It is the same thing for yoga.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Image
This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Image
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
Image
When an asana is done correctly the body movements are smooth, there is lightness in the body and freedom in the mind.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Image
Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Image
Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Image
Many ask me whether pranayama ... postpones old age. Why worry about it? Death is certain. Let it come when it comes. Just keep working. The soul has no age. It doesn't die. Only the body decays. And yet, we must never forget the body, since it is the garden we must cherish and cultivate.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Image
Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice.
B.K.S. Iyengar