How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help Us Deal With Difficult Emotions

Crying or Feeling Sad Sometimes is Totally Normal

Megan Desjarlais
ILLUMINATION
Published in
4 min readJan 19, 2022

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Confession time: Sometimes, I cry during my meditation practice.

Sometimes I know why because I’ve come to my mat with a heavy heart or worries, and I want to use the session to help work through them. Other times, it just happens with no…

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Megan Desjarlais
ILLUMINATION

Yoga Teacher, Breath Coach, & Mindfulness Teacher. I write about yoga, meditation, self-care, and whatever else strikes my fancy. www.megdyoga.com