B.k.s. Iyengar

B.k.s. Iyengar

Indian yoga teacher.

An influential Indian yoga teacher, he is renowned for developing Iyengar Yoga, a style that emphasizes precision, alignment, and the use of props like blocks and straps to make yoga accessible to people of all ages and abilities. His approach stresses the importance of both the mental and physical aspects of yoga, encouraging students to develop mindfulness and discipline. Iyengar’s teachings also integrate philosophy and breath control (pranayama) with postures (asanas), contributing significantly to the global spread and understanding of yoga.

B.k.s. Iyengar Quotes about Freedom

  • From Freedom of the Body comes Freedom of the Mind and then Ultimate Freedom!
  • You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.
  • Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it.
  • Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.
  • By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom.
  • When an asana is done correctly the body movements are smooth, there is lightness in the body and freedom in the mind.
  • There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.
  • Extension brings space, space brings freedom, freedom brings precision. Precision is truth.