# Social conditioning {% embed url="" %} * **Social meditation** brings up **social conditioning**—the patterns and habits we’ve learned from society. * **Good news:** You get a chance to **consciously work with** these patterns in a supportive space. * **Bad news:** This can bring up **immature, painful, or embarrassing** conditioning. * **Good news again:** Everyone is going through this process together. * Over time, with **practice, reflection, and support**, you can **transform** unhelpful conditioning. * This helps you feel **more at ease** in yourself and **more free** in relationships. * **Social meditation** offers a unique way to **work on social conditioning**, which **solo practice does not.** --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://the.socialmeditation.guide/orientation/social-conditioning.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.