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Quotes about Life by B.k.s. Iyengar

  • Regular practice of yoga can help you face the turmoil of life with steadiness and stability.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
  • Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one's actions.
  • Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.
  • The light that Yoga sheds on life is something special. It is transformative. It does not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees.
  • Yoga allows you to find an inner peace that is not ruffled and riled by the endless stresses and struggles of life.
  • In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present - the here and now. If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.
  • Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy.
  • The yogi cannot be afraid to die, because he has brought life to every cell of his body. We are afraid to die, because we are afraid we have not lived. The yogi has lived.
  • My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.
  • Yoga releases the creative potential in life.