A session exploring the tension between motherhood and personal fulfillment, with a single mother working through fears of separation from her ten-year-old son and the pull to re-engage with her own life and work. The teacher distinguishes between waking up and growing up, and points to how what feels selfish or threatening to the bond may actually be the most loving path. A second participant shares her parallel experience of leaving an ashram and learning that confronting resistance opened the way forward.