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There's no single more powerful or simpler daily practice to further your health and well being than breath work.

Andrew Weil

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Andrew Weil
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: June 8
Medical Doctor
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Andrew Thomas Weil
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