BKS Iyengar yoga quotes ... “Yoga is when every cell of the body sings the song of the soul.” “Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what ...SkiptocontentAselectionofBKSIyengaryogaquotesPostedinQuotesBKSIyengarYogaQuotesAselectionofsomeofthebestBKSIyengaryogaquotescoveringtheperiodbetweenthe1940sallthewaythroughto2000s. Ifyoulikethese,thencheckoutourotherBKSIyengaryogaquotesinourblogsection.BKSIyengaryogaquotes“Yogaiswheneverycellofthebodysingsthesongofthesoul.”“Yogateachesustocurewhatneednotbeenduredandendurewhatcannotbecured.”“Focusonkeepingyourspinestraight. Itisthejobofthespinetokeepthebrainalert.”“Theheadistheseatofintelligence. Theheartistheseatofemotion.”“Trueconcentrationisanunbrokenthreadofawareness.”“Thelightthatyogashedsonlifeissomethingspecial. Itistransformative. Itdoesnotchangethewayweseethings;ittransformsthepersonwhosees.”“Thephysicalbodyisnotonlyatempleforoursoul,butthemeansbywhichweembarkontheinwardjourneytowardthecore.”“Yogaisamirrortolookatourselvesfromwithin.”-BKSIyengaryogaquotes -AnOverviewofBKSIyengar'sLifeandWorkB.K.S.Iyengar,infull BellurKrishnamacharSundararajaIyengar,(bornDecember14,1918,Bellur, Karnataka,India—died August 20,2014,Pune,Maharashtra),Indianteacherandpopulariserof Yoga,asystemof Indianphilosophy.Iyengarwasbornintoalargeimpoverishedfamily.Asicklychild,hesufferedfromadistendedbellyandwasunabletoholdhisheadupstraight.Hisphysicalconditionmadehimalaughingstockamonghispeers,andhisfriendlessnesshinderedhisacademicachievement.Whilestillinhisteens,heturnedtoYogaforrelief,althoughnotwithoutsufferinggreatphysicalpaininhisefforttomasterthe200Yogapostures(asanas).Thepainpaidoffwhenhebegantoattractsomeattentionbydemonstratingtheasanas.In1952hetaughtYogatotheviolinist YehudiMenuhin.SubsequentlyMenuhinrewardedhimwithanintroductiontotheWestandalsowroteaforewordtoIyengar’s treatise LightonYoga (1965).That seminal workfeaturedsome600photographsofIyengardemonstratingtheasanasandprovedtobeagreatsuccessinEuropeandtheU.S.Iyen