B.K.S. Iyengar

Live before you die, so that death is also a lively celebration.

Hard work and humility are essential for spiritual sadhana.

Asana done from the brain makes one heavy and done from the heart makes one light.

The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.

Healthy plants and trees yield abundant flowers and fruits. Similarly, from a healthy person, smiles and happiness shine forth like the rays of the sun.

Before peace between the nations, we have to find peace inside that small nation which is our own being.

The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.

Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.

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.

You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.

Yoga is the golden key that unlocks the door to peace, tranquility and joy.

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 flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life’s problems and challenges.

Purity is when there is no anxiety, no worry, no thinking.

The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.

Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it

There is a universal reality in ourselves that aligns us with a universal reality that is everywhere.

Regular practise of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability

This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.

Fear and fatigue block the mind. Face both, then courage and confidence flows into you.

You exist without the feeling of existence.