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Hi Griffin,

The core challenge in resolving a strong negative emotion like jealousy in my experience is that one is not able to just drop the resistance to the feeling itself and to just experience and embrace it, as is always advised. The reason is the strong sense of aversion to that feeling (in this case, jealousy). We recoil from experiencing…[Read more]

I agree with Maaike. But if you are ready to do the prep work – preferably at a young age, because we become less flexible with age -, and learn to sit it the full lotus position without pain, then I think it is definitely worth the effort. As everything, patience is the key – you cannot force it, but you have to give it time and develop the…[Read more]