A Quote by B.K.S. Iyengar

Firmness in the body leads to firmness in the nervous system.

B.K.S. Iyengar

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Body Firmness Leads Nervous Nervous System System

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B.K.S. Iyengar
Indian - Teacher
December 14, 1918 - August 20, 2014

Health begins with firmness in the body, deepens to emotional stability, then leads to intellectual clarity, wisdom and finally the unveiling of the soul.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Asana is perfect firmness of body, steadiness of intelligence, and benevolence of spirit.

B.K.S. Iyengar

Vitruvius, the great writer, architect and engineer, identified in his famous treatise on Architecture that the three values essential to any work of Architecture were: firmitas, utilitas, and venustas; or firmness, utility, and delight. Firmness meaning well built, solid and resistant; utility meaning useful and functional, and delight meaning beautiful.

Santiago Calatrava

The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.

B.K.S. Iyengar

The scholar may be sure that he writes the tougher truth for the calluses on his palms. They give firmness to the sentence. Indeed, the mind never makes a great and successful effort, without a corresponding energy of the body.