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    Yoga is trying to do something for oneself.

    Posted on November 28, 2015October 14, 2020 by Paul Harvey

    Yoga is trying to do something for oneself

    ‎”Yoga is trying to do something for oneself.”
    – TKV Desikachar England 1976

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