Top 250 B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “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.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

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2. “Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

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

— B.K.S. Iyengar

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4. “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.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

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5. “Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul...”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

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6. “When your body, mind and soul are healthy and harmonious, you will bring health and harmony to the world- not by withdrawing from the world, but by being a healthy, living organ of the body of humanity.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

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

— B.K.S. Iyengar

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8. “The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity and peace, and free it from confusion and distress.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

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9. “The pose begins when you want to leave it.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

10. “Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

11. “Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

12. “Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

13. “Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

14. “Change is not something that we should fear. Rather, it is something that we should welcome. For without change, nothing in this world would ever grow or blossom, and no one in this world would ever move forward to become the person they’re meant to be.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

15. “Breath is the king of mind.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

16. “The body is my temple, asanas are my prayers.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

17. “The art of teaching is tolerance. Humbleness is the art of learning.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

18. “Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

19. “Move from the known to the unknown.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

20. “The mind is the king of the senses, and the breath is the king of the mind.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

21. “If you can adapt to and balance in a world that is always moving and unstable, you learn how to become tolerant to the permanence of change and difference.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

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

— B.K.S. Iyengar

23. “Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

24. “How can you know God if you don’t know your big toe?”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

25. “Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

26. “Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

27. “You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

28. “The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

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

— B.K.S. Iyengar

30. “When I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

31. “If you keep your armpits open, you won’t get depressed.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

32. “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.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

33. “Regulate the breathing, and thereby control the mind.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

34. “Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

35. “Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

36. “The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

37. “It is through the alignment of the body that I discovered the alignment of my mind, self, and intelligence.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

38. “Words cannot convey the value of yoga – it has to be experienced.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

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

— B.K.S. Iyengar

40. “Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

41. “Training of the mind and body leads to awareness of the soul.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

42. “In backbends, one touches the body physically, mentally, intellectually, consciously and spiritually everywhere.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

43. “Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man atevery level: physical, mental, spiritual. It is a practical method formaking one’s life purposeful, useful and noble.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

44. “When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

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

— B.K.S. Iyengar

46. “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.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

47. “Giving does not impoverish us nor does withholding enrich us.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

48. “Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

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

— B.K.S. Iyengar

50. “The brain is the hardest part of the body to adjust in asanas.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar