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When spiritual practices create boundaries within friendships

Three of us have been doing plant medicine ceremonies together for two years and it's been profoundly healing, but now one friend wants to bring her boyfriend who has addiction issues and we're torn between wanting to include her and feeling protective of our sacred container.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The need to protect sacred space can conflict with the call to love and inclusion when friends seek different levels of spiritual intimacy.

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