How to end it once and for all, By Mark Morford

[madokie]

Here is my good and dear friend. After far too many years of entanglements and hesitations, scuffles and ego battles, she is about to finally sign the divorce papers.

Maybe. Hopefully. Barring any last-minute legal snags and ex-husband resentment hiccups. It is so long overdue as to be laughable and silly and weird, were it not also sort of debilitating and energetically destructive and weird.

Here is my dedicated and powerful yoga student. She is also going through a massive transition, a real dark night of the soul, questioning everything she thought she knew and exploding nearly all of it, as she lets her former identity slough away like rusted armor. It's a complete spiritual/career/perspective overhaul of who she is and what she wants to do in this life, which all sounds wonderful and healthy and positive, were it not for the headaches and the sleepless nights and the screaming.

As we say in the deeper yoga practice: it's all fun and games until someone loses an ego. ...

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[malaise]

1. An interesting read

although I am always amazed at the number of crutches human beings acquire when what needs to be done is so obvious.