Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher “The chief helps in this liberation are Abhyasa and Vairagya. Vairagya is non - attachment to life, because it is the will to enjoy that brings all this bondage in its train; and Abhyasa is constant practice of any one of the Yogas.” Practice Yoga Attachment ♥ 4
Jiddu Krishnamurti Philosopher, Speaker “Yoga exercises are excellent; the speaker does them every day, for an hour or more; but that is merely physical exercise, to keep the body healthy, and so on.” Exercise Yoga Healthy ♥ 4
B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Teacher “If the foundation is firm the building can withstand calamities. The practice of yoga is the foundation so that the self is not shaken under any circumstances.” Self Practice Yoga ♥ 3
B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Teacher “Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.” Pain Keys Yoga ♥ 3
B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Teacher “I think many of my students have followed the advice I gave years ago, to give more than you take.” Thinking Life Yoga ♥ 3
B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Teacher “Regarding perfection, that's a very difficult question. I can say that I have superseded most in my sadhana [practice]. I am in it, and my mind and my intelligence gets better in my sadhana, and it reaches a certain place. When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens... My body is a laboratory, you can say. I don't stretch my body as if it is an object. I do yoga from the self towards the body, not the other way around.” Life Moving Yoga ♥ 3
B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Teacher “Your whole being should be symmetrical. Yoga is symmetry. That is why yoga is a basic art.” Art Yoga Symmetrical ♥ 3
B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Teacher “I think overall the majority of people who are practicing it as a subject are following the right line. For the aberration, don't blame yoga or the whole community of yogis” Thinking Life Yoga ♥ 3
B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Teacher “Yoga has a threefold impact on health. It keeps healthy people healthy, it inhibits the development of diseases, and it aids recovery from ill health.” Yoga Impact Recovery ♥ 3
B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Teacher “I am old, and death inevitably approaches. But both birth and death are beyond the will of a human being. They are not my domain. I do not think about it. Yoga has taught me to think of only working to live a useful life...I will never stop learning, and it have tried to share some lessons with you. I do pray that my ending will be your beginning. The great rewards and the countless blessings of a life spent following the Inward Journey await you.” Thinking Blessing Yoga ♥ 3
B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Teacher “Yoga is nothing if it is not perfect harmonyof the body, senses, mind and intellect, reason, consciousness and self. When all these are integrated that is true yoga.” Self Perfect Yoga ♥ 3
B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Teacher “As the trunk is one but the branches are many, yoga is one but adaptations may vary.” May Yoga Branches ♥ 3
