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A lesson in Yoga: BE FIERCE

July 17, 2013 by Jenna Filia Canty

I met with my mentor this week and shared an incident where I took something personally, and then adjusted myself to have more compassion for the person.  As Thich Nhat Hanh says, “it’s likely that the other person who hurts us also has a lot of pain and doesn’t know how to handle his/her strong emotions.” In response, my mentor shared a story about Sharon Salzberg getting her bag stolen in India. She saw her teacher after and said, similar […]

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