Remember that everything you feel, including the shadow emotions you have trouble acknowledging, lives in the body, and if you don’t allow your feelings to arise and then dissolve, they will become stuck there, taking up residence in places like the hips, the jaw, the shoulders. By creating distinct shapes through asana, you can move your awareness and your breath into those areas and encourage the energy to release. All of this helps you understand what your body is trying to tell you and offers you clues on how to bring these embodied “stories” into your awareness, and hopefully assist in
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