“Do not aim low, you will miss the mark. Aim high and you will be on a threshold of bliss.”

— B.K.S. Iyengar

Source: Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom, p. 177

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Indian yoga teacher and scholar 1918–2014

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