Denying pain is like trying to come clean in a mud bath.
Good luck!
Recognizing, accepting, or witnessing pain is the only way to come clean and
start asking how to do less harm and how to heal and move on.
It’s time to drop our casual patterns of hate and harm to self and others.
Ahimsa, doing no harm, is the first of Yamas in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and the foundational teaching of yogic thought and action. It springs from the unconditional love and respect for all life endemic to yoga. I see it more as a guideline for which we reach, not a goal to be achieved. It is a ballast for balance, a measure to bring to all thought and action.
The Every Day Yogi 