When we - individually and collectively - learn and practice the '3rd Way of Expressing Anger Constructively', there is no longer a danger of destruction in the face of our anger. In fact, our anger becomes purely constructive. It dismantles that which is obstructive to well-being. And in its former place it creates something refreshing and new. We might aptly call this 'de-constructive' - dismantling that which is untrue, that which is Continue Reading
Healing Ourselves – Healing Our Planet – Part One
Our pure anger energy has the power to blast us out of perpetual suffering and into a new realm of what it means to be human. Our anger - just like a rocket being propelled out of the earth's atmosphere into 'space' and ultimately into the magnetic field of another planet or the moon - is the power to propel us there. Without access to our anger, we are all but doomed. For no other human or non-human energy - beyond the purity of LOVE Continue Reading
Where Your Anger Hides – Part Three
Take a moment to imagine a future situation in which anger arises in you - either 'provoked' by an outer circumstance, or simply because your soul is asking you - inviting you - to grow. Notice yourself making a more empowered choice - choosing to respond to the message of your anger and either create a boundary where it was breached, create a boundary before it is breached, or follow the fresh, new guidance of your soul. How do you 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 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
What Anger Is – Part One
Like all of the emotions, anger is simply energy. Energy with a purpose. Emotions themselves are neutral - they are neither good nor bad. Like all else in this universe, it is how we relate to them that determines their outcome. Emotions are like enzymes. Their function is to digest our life experience - literally to break it down into smaller 'bits' and assist us to assimilate and grow from it. Just like food. We have a vast array Continue Reading