Don't fight fire with fire

I have to start this post by saying how thankful I am for Twin Flame Ascension School, and spirituality as a whole. Truly I am grateful. Because if I was traveling down the same path that I had a few years ago; I may have been a participant to the blowout which I only (thankfully) observed. I will admit that before embarking on my spiritual journey I had anger issues. I would stuff my anger to the point of eventual explosion. And I will admit that one of my yoga teacher trainers triggers me. A lot. So, why does she trigger me? Well.... people in your life mirror you. And sometimes that triggers you. Jeff and Shaleia teach that whatever triggers you reveals either something you are doing to yourself, or a quality about yourself that you aren't accepting of. And the quality that triggered me in my yoga instructor was being critical of others. Which meant I was being critical of myself as per the mirror exercise. I mirrored it, and I felt more peaceful being around my instructor.

However, one of my fellow yoga students still had a big issue with my instructor. And it all came to a head on 11/24, the date of her final practice teach. Our group was split up in half for our practice teach. I had mine the week before. But anyway, there was growing tension that was not addressed between one of my yoga teacher trainers and a yoga student. There was also another yoga instructor whom was in a neutral position. The first yoga teacher trainer asked the yoga student for some documents that were due today. This was right before she was supposed to give her final practice teach. And she ordered the second yoga instructor and as well the the one talking with her to go into the hallway. She started shouting at the first yoga instructor, and the yoga instructor shouted back. This is while the second yoga instructor stood there visibly shaken up. The rest of us were inside the room feeling sad, hurt, fear and drained.

I have to interject by saying, as a yoga instructor on a spiritual journey for more than 6 years I would have expected more than that. But I have to surrender control here and release my expectations. The lesson: "To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times what people need is not a brilliant mind speaks, but a special heart that listens." -Buddha