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Why meditation brings up grief and trauma instead of peace

Every time I sit in silence my chest gets tight and I start thinking about my father who died last year and I have to get up.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Unprocessed grief is arising in the spaciousness of practice, demanding integration rather than transcendence.

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