Triangle Pose would alter the course of my entire life, I may have laughed at them. But that’s exactly what happened.Christina LaneDuring practice one day, my yoga-teacher friend Don Stapleton was guiding me in the pose when I started feeling hot sensations and strong emotions.
My mind flashed back to a long-buried memory of being beaten in the schoolyard by a group of older boys. While I wanted to retreat from the intensity of the vision, my friend’s support helped me stay present with it.Afterward, through journaling, I realized that in the time since that incident, I continued to be intimidated by—and avoided—people who I deemed more powerful than me in some way, such as in authority or size.
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