Yoga for Mind and Body

Selected quotes from the guru B. K. S. Iyengar

Iyengar at the Pune FestivalRamamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute

“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.” 

BKS Iyengar demonstrating yoga at Barbican, London (1984)Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute

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

BKS Iyengar demonstrating yoga at Barbican, London (1984)Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute

“You cannot pinpoint where the body ends and the mind begins, where the mind ends and the Self begins.”

BKS Iyengar demonstrating yoga at Barbican, London (1984)Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute

“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.” 

BKS Iyengar demonstrating yoga at Barbican, London (1984)Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute

“It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.” 

BKS Iyengar demonstrating yoga at Barbican, London (1984)Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute

“Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.”

BKS Iyengar demonstrating yoga at Barbican, London (1984)Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute

“The head is the seat of intelligence. The heart is the seat of emotion.” 

BKS Iyengar demonstrating yoga at Barbican, London (1984)Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute

“Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.”

Iyengar at the Grand CanyonRamamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute

“One's spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one's fellow beings.”

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