Dear Wolf,During an argument recently, someone asked me, “How can you get so mad when you practice yoga?
Isn’t yoga about cultivating inner peace?” Where did this “spiritual people don’t get mad” stereotype come from, and how would you respond?Sincerely :: Not Mother TeresaDear Not Mother Teresa, There is a popular meme floating around the Interwebs that reads, “It’s funny when people think ‘yoga people’ are supposed to be calm.
No. We’re all here because we’re nuts.” Spiritual people—like all people—get mad. But social conditioning tells us that expressing any emotions other than contentment threatens to make other people uncomfortable.
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