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When increased awareness becomes a burden instead of a gift

I have been doing breathwork for six months and now I notice every single sensation in my body all the time and it is overwhelming and I want to go back to being numb.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Awakening sensitivity without developing capacity to metabolize experience creates suffering rather than wisdom.

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