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Sane and balanced life commands us to keep physically fit so far as doing so is within our power--which means so far as karma permits. Physical fitness is the harmonious and efficient functioning of each part of the body. The yoga of body control must be broadly interpreted to mean not postural exercises alone, but the discipline of the whole physical organism. It is better for instance, to eat brown bread than to be able to contort the body in yoga posture number 57!

-- Notebooks Category 5: The Body > Chapter 2 : The Body > # 13