B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Yoga is the rule book for playing the game of Life, but in this game no one needs to lose. It is tough, and you need to train hard. It requires the willingness to think for yourself, to observe and correct, and to surmount occasional setbacks. It demands honesty, sustained application, and above all love in your heart.”
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“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.”
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“When the mind is controlled and still what remains is the soul”
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“In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity.”
-- B.K.S. IyengarSource : B. K. S. Iyengar (2016). “Sparks of Divinity: The Teachings of B. K. S. Iyengar”, p.45, Shambhala Publications
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“Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.”
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“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.”
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“By drawing our senses of perception inward, we are able to experience the control, silence, and quietness of the mind.”
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“There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.”
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“There is no difference in souls, only the ideas about ourselves that we wear.”
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“Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires toward a judicious, intelligent awareness.”
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“As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.”
-- B.K.S. IyengarSource : Peg Bracken (1996). “On Getting Old for the First Time”, Bookpartners
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“When you are practicing, do not just do that for the sake of doing. Learn to reflect while you are practising. Make your mind and brain observe and relearn what you are doing. Doing is mechanical; learning is dynamic.”
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“Feeling the movement of movements is wandering to the past or future. Living in the movements of movement is being in the present.”
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“Yoga releases the creative potential in life.”
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“Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art.”
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“There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.”
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“We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.”
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“We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.”
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“When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens”
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“The cure to combat the three Ss- stress, strain, and speed- can be found in three Ws- the work of devoted practice, the wisdom that comes of understanding the self and the world, and worship because ultimately surrendering to what we cannot control allows the ego to relax and lose the anxiety of its own infinitesimally small self in the infinitude of the divine.”
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“We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die....So just standing still isn't really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.”
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“Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.”
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“In forward bends, one uses the outer mind while in backbends the outer mind is silenced and the inner mind is made to work.”
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“I also say with backbends, you have to be cautiously bold. Not carelessly bold. You have to descend to the dictation of the spine. You cannot command from the brain to do the poses. As you play with a child, guarding the child from injuries, similarly you have to play in backbends, guarding your spine.”
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“When an asana is done correctly the body movements are smooth, there is lightness in the body and freedom in the mind.”
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“It is while practicing yoga asanas that you learn the art of adjustment.”
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“We have two physical eyes, but every pore of the body is also an eye.”
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“The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.”
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“Is it necessary to practice all these asanas, further and further? Is it necessary to develop scientific researches further and further? To a yogi, the body is a laboratory, a field of experiments and perpetual researches.”
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“Yoga uses the body to discipline the mind and to reach the soul.”
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