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In order to create heat, you have to have something to burn. So what we do in yoga is, we burn ourselves up to create light.

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
Author
Entrepreneur
San Diego
California
Heat
Yoga
Create
Order
Light
Something
Hinduism
Burn

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