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Sadness is hard but it is also a part of our lives. The purpose of this practice is to destigmatize sadness, by laughing at it and also exploring the edge between laughing and crying. We cannot truly be free if we fear sadness. If we insist on censoring emotion then we only put more effort into it. Emotions are like a forest and sadness one of the natives. We can either simply exist with the sadness or go through all sorts of contortions to avoid it and it. The practice of yoga is intended to create union and as such we will never achieve union by building walls. Notice...
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Sadness is hard but it is also a part of our lives. The purpose of this practice is to destigmatize sadness, by laughing at it and also exploring the edge between laughing and crying. We cannot truly be free if we fear sadness. If we insist on censoring emotion then we only put more effort into it. Emotions are like a forest and sadness one of the natives. We can either simply exist with the sadness or go through all sorts of contortions to avoid it and it. The practice of yoga is intended to create union and as such we will never achieve union by building walls. Notice...