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Physical health is not a commodity to be bargained for. … Nor can it be swallowed in the form of drugs and pills — it has to be earned through sweat. It is something that we must build up.

— B. K. S. Iyengar Light on Life: B.K.S. Iyengar's Yoga Insights (2005)

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