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I T HOUGH T T HIS K IN D
OF AWA K EN ING WA S
R ESERV ED FOR GU RUS , R E A L YOGIS , OR PEOPLE IN SW E AT LODGES DOING PE YOT E , NOT
R E A LLY MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN W HO R A ISE K IDS , WOR K , DR I V E A ROU N D
IN T R A FFIC , A N D GET GROCER IES . BU T IT ’S ME A N T FOR A LL OF US .
than years or even months ago) that I have taken the bait, allowed an old trigger to flip me into an old, reactive pattern. My meditation teacher doesn’t entertain the option of frustration with Self. She gets more excited about growth. She says we need to view a trigger not as a trigger, which has negative connotations, but instead as a catalyst. Ahhh, I like that much better — a catalyst, a harbinger of or a precursor to change. I thought this kind of awakening was reserved for gurus, real yogis, or people in sweat lodges doing peyote, not really middle-aged women who raise kids, work, drive around in traffic, and get groceries. But it’s meant for all of us. Time to turn the house lights on. tribeza.com
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