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When new spiritual practices feel like ancestral betrayal

I practice yoga daily but every time I say om I feel like I am betraying my Baptist grandmother who raised me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Exploring spiritual traditions outside our inherited faith can trigger loyalty conflicts with the memory of those who shaped our early spiritual life.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Ancestors in faith — the continuing relationship?”

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