The yoga practice reminds us that everyone is our teacher, including our parents, especially our parents. And yet, many people continue to blame their parents for things said and done years or even decades ago. There’s almost a sense of entitlement— my father should’ve done this, my mother shouldn’t have done this, etc. We complain about the mistakes they’ve made, while continuing to make our own, which is dwelling in it and being unable to let it go. We hold on to anger and bitterness and resentment, thinking our parents have done us wrong, while holding ourselves captive, being completely blind to the fact that this troubled relationship can be fixed by our own actions. The physical presence of our parents is not necessary for us to shift this relationship. In fact, very little is required. All that is needed is an energetic shift by the way we see them. We sift through our confusion and find the love that we are bound to feel towards them. And then we will understand that any inability to be nurturing they’ve shown us is because of their own trauma, any pressure they’ve put upon us is a reflection of the pressure they’ve put upon themselves, and how they’ve treated us is how they have treated themselves. When we connect to that love, forgiveness is possible.
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