„Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one’s being, from bodily health to self-realization. Yoga means union — the union of body with consciousness and consciousness with the soul. Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one’s actions.“

— B.K.S. Iyengar

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„The Yoga of action, leading to union with the soul is fiery aspiration, spiritual reading and devotion to Ishvara.“
— Patañjali
„Yoga goes beyond the physical motions. The practice of yogasana for the sake of health, to keep fit, or to maintain flexibility is the external practice of yoga.“
— B.K.S. Iyengar
„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
„Patanjali is considered the father of the yoga. On reality as far as we know, he was a yogi and polymath living around the fifth century BC, India, who collated and elaborated knowledge of the yogis’ life and practices. He wrote the Yoga Sutras, lierally a thread of aphorisms about yoga, consciousness and the human condition. Patanjali also explained the relationship between the natural world and the innermost and transcendent soul…. What Patanjali said applies to me and will apply to you.“
— B.K.S. Iyengar
„When I set off in yoga, I had no understanding of the greater glory of yoga. I too was seeking its physical benefits, and it was these that saved my life. When I say that yoga saved my life, I am not exaggerating. It was yoga that gave me a new birth with health from illness and firmness from infirmity.“
— B.K.S. Iyengar
„Hata yoga is a way of working with the body, disciplining the body, purifying the body, preparing the body for higher levels of energy.“
— Sadhguru
„It took me decades to appreciate the depth and true value of Yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga. I am not however, a “ self made man”. I am only what seventy-two years of devoted yoga sadhana has created out of me. Any contribution I have made to the world has been the fruit of my sadhana.“
— B.K.S. Iyengar
„Yoga takes you into the present moment, the only place where life exists.“
— Patañjali