Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes: Don't practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.
         

Don't practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.


B.K.S. Iyengar
Check all other quotes by B.K.S. Iyengar

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"B.K.S. Iyengar Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Thu. 25 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Don-t-practice-for-cosmetic-beauty-practice-394724>.





Check out


Other quotes of B.K.S. Iyengar


The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.

The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.



Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.

Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.



Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.

Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.



Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.

Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.



Life without tapas, is like a heart without love.

Life without tapas, is like a heart without love.



The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It's about using posture to understand and transform yourself.

The study of asana is not about mastering posture. It's about using posture to understand and transform yourself.



In backbends, one touches the body physically, mentally, intellectually, consciously and spiritually everywhere.

In backbends, one touches the body physically, mentally, intellectually, consciously and spiritually everywhere.



In an asana, the mind has to reach inside the body to find a quiet space until a point comes where perfect balance is felt.

In an asana, the mind has to reach inside the body to find a quiet space until a point comes where perfect balance is felt.



Knowledge has a beginning but no end.

Knowledge has a beginning but no end.



The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.

The primary aim of yoga is to restore the mind to simplicity, peace, and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.





Other quotes you may like


Never tell a depressed person to “Cheer up.” Unless you want them to tell you to “Shut up.

Never tell a depressed person to “Cheer up.” Unless you want them to tell you to “Shut up.




Make me lose control of myself, "do you really know yourself?what is happening to you?

Make me lose control of myself, "do you really know yourself?what is happening to you?



Write regularly, day in and day out, at whatever times of day you find that you write best. Don't wait till you feel that you are in the mood. Write, whether you are feeling inclined to write or not.

Write regularly, day in and day out, at whatever times of day you find that you write best. Don't wait till you feel that you are in the mood. Write, whether you are feeling inclined to write or not.



I always say writing is like dreaming, shooting is like living, and editing is like murder, because you take all these gifts that actors give you, and you cut them.

I always say writing is like dreaming, shooting is like living, and editing is like murder, because you take all these gifts that actors give you, and you cut them.



To acheive happiness, we should make certain that we are never without an important goal.

To acheive happiness, we should make certain that we are never without an important goal.



You can create the perfect triceps by just pushing yourself off your wall.

You can create the perfect triceps by just pushing yourself off your wall.



Users do not care about what is inside the box, as long as the box does what they need done.

Users do not care about what is inside the box, as long as the box does what they need done.



An execution order hasn’t kept us apart before. There are ways to get around it. We will be together.” “Is that an order?” “No, a promise.

An execution order hasn’t kept us apart before. There are ways to get around it. We will be together.” “Is that an order?” “No, a promise.



Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.

Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Don't practice for cosmetic beauty, practice for cosmic beauty. Practice for inner beauty and inner light.". Author of this quote is B.K.S. Iyengar. This quote is about light, cosmic, inner light, practice, beauty, inner beauty,.