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When spiritual practice becomes another form of self-violence

I started doing yoga to get flexible but now I am obsessed with achieving perfect poses and I get angry at my body when it cannot do what I see others doing.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The ego co-opts even healing practices into vehicles for comparison, achievement, and self-judgment.

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