The Long Bag We Drag Behind Us | Yoga 15

Robert Bly published a short piece called, The Long Bag We Drag Behind Us, inspired by Carl Jung’s theory of the “shadow”. In it, he writes that we all begin life with a “360-degree personality” as a “living globe of energy” but that throughout the course of our lives, we put pieces of our personality into an invisible bag that we drag behind us. We put in anger, individuality, spontaneity and sexuality to keep our…

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Creator of YOGA 15, Yoga for Athletic Performance and Recovery.

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Abi Carver

Creator of YOGA 15, Yoga for Athletic Performance and Recovery.