Any anger that you've felt and not expressed - ever - is stored inside you, now. Let's shine a flashlight and gently uncover it. 'Life Wheel' Take a piece of paper and draw as large a circle as you can on it. Divide this circle into eight 'pieces of pie' - with one horizontal line running across it, one vertical line running from top to bottom of it, and these four quarters divided again in half. Eight pieces of pie. These are Continue Reading
Identifying ‘3 Ground Rules for Moving Anger’ in Your Life – Part 2
Notice How You Feel! By the way … how do you feel when you allow anger energy to move? Next time you spontaneously - or through intention - allow anger energy to move, notice how you feel. Does it liberate you? Do you feel ten years younger? Do you feel lighter, like an enormous weight has suddenly disappeared? Do you smile more often? Do you laugh? What life have you uncovered that was hidden beneath your crusty old Continue Reading
Identifying ‘3 Ground Rules for Moving Anger’ in Your Life – Part 1
In what ways do you already move anger - through Body Movement, Voice or Creativity - that you might not have realized until now? What ways arise in your awareness in this moment that you feel open to exploring? When will you? Set a date with yourself - before you chicken out. There's nothing to fear - except fear itself. Moving anger - as long as you follow the 3 Ground Rules - can not hurt you. Try this. Your illusion of fear towards Continue Reading
3 Ground Rules for Moving Anger – #3
3. Don't hurt anything else. This is my personal value system. I know that everything is consciousness. If this fits for you, own this 3rd Rule. Nature is dying, quite literally, for us to release our pent up anger, pain and sorrow. As we do, She knows we'll be refreshed. Our Vision will be clear. Our Hearts will be open. We will awaken - as if from a long dream, a nightmare - and remember that we love each other - Continue Reading
3 Ground Rules for Moving Anger – #2
2. Don't hurt anyone else. When you Move Anger Energy Constructively, no one else needs to be involved. As you mature in your relationship with anger (call me if you'd like 1-1 Coaching in this), you will be able to express it to other people in clean, non-codependent ways. Until then, explore this as a personal practice. Do you remember the 2nd Way to Express Anger? Lashing out with any degree of violence (aggression) results Continue Reading
3 Ground Rules for Moving Anger – #1
As you begin to roll up your sleeves, open your voice and get into this (you will be enormously energized by doing so), it is important to set 3 Ground Rules for Safety. 1. Don't hurt yourself. If, for instance, you are Moving Anger Energy by pounding your fists into the mattress of a bed, take a lucid moment to ensure that there are no sharp objects. When we truly begin to explore this 3rd Way of Expressing Anger, there is Continue Reading
3 Ways to Move Anger Energy Constructively – #3
3. Creativity For some people pure body movement does the trick. For others, its anger carried out via the sound of their voice. For others, (and some of these same people, at different times), it's creative acts that are the best vehicle for expelling anger from inside the body. Paint - fully and unapologetically - with smears of red. Throw clay on your potter's table. Gouge gardener's claws into the earth. Dance it Continue Reading
3 Ways to Move Anger Energy Constructively – #2
2. Voice For some people, voice is the most effective way to allow anger energy to move. Scream into a pillow to muffle the sound. Sing at the top of your lungs - in your car on the highway, or in the shower. Sing out loud to feisty music. You may at first be surprised by the grunts and growls that will erupt from deep in your vocal cords - actually, from deep in your belly. They may sound like primal sounds - and they are. Continue Reading
3 Ways to Move Anger Energy Constructively – #1
1. Body Movement The anger energy surging through us just wants to move. Its job - just like the water surging within a river - is to flow through and out of us. As it does, it will leave us refreshed - renewed. One of the most effective Ways to allow this energy to move is through our body. If you are innately a physical person, you will love this. Allowing anger energy to move through the body can be effective through Continue Reading
3 Ways to Move Anger Energy Constructively
Once we realize that there is a 3rd, 'new' option, we begin to discover a wealth of opportunity. For there are infinite ways to Move Anger Energy Constructively. As we recognize that anger energy - like all of the emotions - is meant to cleanse our being (our body, heart, spirit and mind), we enter an entirely new realm - largely uncharted by humanity. This realm is highly creative, inspiring and beneficial. It liberates us. Continue Reading