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When Energy Work Triggers Intense Emotional or Physical Reactions

My qigong teacher says I need to open my heart chakra but every time I try I feel like I'm going to have a panic attack. She keeps pushing me to go deeper and I'm scared something is wrong with me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Practices that access subtle energies can encounter psychological material that requires more support than the practice itself provides.

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