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How to practice spiritual fasting with real-world responsibilities

My yoga teacher keeps talking about purification through fasting but I'm a single mom working two jobs and I literally cannot afford to be weak or dizzy, but I feel like I'm spiritually lazy for not trying.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The gap between idealized spiritual practice and practical life constraints creates unnecessary guilt about authentic devotion.

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