Ocupation: Teacher
Life: December 14, 1918 - August 20, 2014
Birthday: December 14
Death: August 20
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.
source: B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.104, Rodale
topic: Garden, Worry, Soul, Pranayama