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How friend groups navigate vulnerability boundaries in shared yoga practice

Our friend group started doing yoga retreats annually but last year someone shared something deeply personal during practice and it wasn't received well by everyone, and now there's this weird tension where we don't know how vulnerable we're supposed to be with each other. We want to keep practicing together but we're all walking on eggshells.

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An incident around emotional sharing has left the group uncertain about the intimacy level appropriate for their practice.

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