B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes about Yoga - Page 3

Yoga is more than physical. It is cellular, mental, intellectual and spiritual-it involves man in his entire being

Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward journey, evolution through involution, toward the Soul, which in turn desires to emerge and embrace you in its glory.

As each individual is electrically alive and dynamic, so yoga is a living, dynamic force in life. In order to savor its essence, one needs a religiously attentive dynamic practice done with awareness and absorption.

The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses.

Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together.

Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.

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.

The pose begins when you want to leave it.

Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.

Yoga is the music of the soul. So do continue, and the gates of the soul will open.

Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.

The material body has a practical reality that is accessible. It is here and now, and we can do something with it. However, we must not forget that the innermost part of our being is also trying to help us. It wants to come out to the surface and express itself.

Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny.

It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.

Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.

Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one's being, from bodily health to self realization. Yoga means union - the union of body with consciousness and consciousness with the soul. Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day to day life and endows skill in the performance of one's actions.

Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life.

Yoga has to be done with the intellect of the head as well as the intellect of the heart

It is never too late in life to practice yoga

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.

Why should you practice Yoga? To kindle the divine fire within yourself. Everyone has a dormant spark of divinity in him which has to be fanned into flame.

Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.

The battle of yoga is with the body and with the ego. You must conquer your ego, or small self, so that you can let your soul, your big Self, be victorious.

Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.

Life means to be living.Problems will always be there. When they arise navigate through them with yoga- don't take a break.