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If we do not pay attention to ourselves in our practice, then we cannot call it yoga.

T. K. V. Desikachar

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T. K. V. Desikachar
Age: 78 †
Born: 1938
Born: June 21
Died: 2016
Died: August 8
Yoga Instructor
Mysuru
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Tirumalai Krishnamacharya Venkata Desikachar
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