We All Experience the Full Range of Emotions
Each and every one of us does.
Feeling angry doesn't define us as "an angry person"—it just makes us human. The same goes for sadness—it doesn’t mean we're "a sad person"; it simply means we're human.
Emotions Are Energy in Motion 🛼
Growing up, many of us were taught:
“Don’t cry, you’re fine.”
“Don’t get angry, be good.”
“Don’t be upset, don’t be a sore loser.”
We've all learned to suppress our emotions at times, to push them down and pretend they aren’t there, even though there’s a powerful energy building up inside us.
Suppressing Emotions Is Suppressing Energy
When we continuously suppress, avoid, or numb our emotions, over time, we end up with less energy. To truly live, we need to embrace our emotions and stay connected to that vital life force within.
Feel All Your Emotions, Just Don’t Let Them Control You
When we're not accustomed to giving ourselves time and space to process our emotions, they can start to feel overwhelming.
For example, if we’re never allowed to express anger and constantly shove it down, one day it may explode, and in that moment, it might feel impossible not to act on it. The anger can feel like it’s controlling us.
This is an unhealthy and extreme way to deal with emotions.
If we allow ourselves to regularly feel and process anger, we can use it for what it is—valuable information. By feeling our emotions fully, we let the energy flow, creating space for action rather than bottling it up, which can block us emotionally and physically.
A Sacred Self-Healing Workout Learn How to Experience Emotion
- So first, find a safe, sacred space where you can be alone and undisturbed. Do something nurturing for yourself, like grab some comfy cushions, light a candle, make the experience special.
- Next let yourself feel an emotion. Use this list to find one you’ve experience recently, but it was challenging and you tried to resist or avoid it List of Emotions
- Let yourself first be aware, that in a challenging emotional situation, you’re going to do one of two things to avoid being uncomfortable: overfunctioning, or underfunctioning. Overfunctioning often happens as a mental or physical process: you either overthink, or rush into undirected action. Underfunctioning often happens as a mental or physical proces: you give up and stop working, on all levels. Just be aware – do you UNDER or OVER function. Just be aware.
- Next, as you’re feeling the emotion of something challenging, just be aware of how that mental energy wants to take over. Our mind either wants to overfunction: fix, figure it out, worry, doubt, etc. Or it wants to give up, and it then continues to kick us when we’re down. So just observe how the mind wants to take control. Just be aware.
- Now move your focus FROM your mind into your body. Ask yourself as you’re feeling this emotion, how do I feel it in my body?!
- Now where do you feel it specifically in the body? Your chest, stomach, etc?
- Next, let yourself be aware of what COLOR the feeling is?
- What TEXTURE and MOVEMENT does your feeling have?
- Be aware it’s just energy. Be aware that it’s almost like a separate package of energy within you.
- So keep feeling, experiencing this physical sensation in your body, and now say yes to it. Accept it. Welcome it. Allow it. Like you get onto a roller coaster and you throw your hands up in the air – do that with this emotion. Go along for the ride. Release all resistance to experiencing the fullness of this emotion right now.
- Can you feel that energy is available for moving forward? As you surrender, cooperate and allow this emotion – can you feel yourself having more energy for your life, for love, for whatever you want?!
- Finally, in order to complete with loving and healing, ask your emotion: What do you need? And give yourself whatever you need.
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