Last week I taught restorative and yin classes sequenced around liver - gallbladder meridians.
With anger being the main emotion associated with this pair of organs, I feel there is so much to talk about this misunderstood emotion.
To me more often then not, anger is a a secondary cover-up emotion that stems from powerlessness. That’s when I can’t voice my needs, put up boundaries, change my attitude or claim my power.
This inability is often related to my unwillingness to be disciplined, to address my patterns and limiting beliefs.
Discipline to me is a choice to delay instant gratification. When I can act, think and communicate with bigger picture in sight, when it is not about here and right now. We often fall prey to instant gratification.
From checking our phones for likes and messages to pouring a second glass of wine, to agreeing once again to help out an ungrateful someone.
What comes after that - anger, resentment and upset.
So how do I break this cycle?
1. Face the underlying emotion
In meditation or restorative yoga we can tune into where we loose our power. Reconstructing the situation, we can feel it, breathe through sensations, emotions and thoughts.
2. Remember delayed gratification
Always remind yourself, that even though it is so easy to pour that extra glass of wine and have fun now, we will feel so much better tomorrow if we don’t do it. This was the one thing that helped me to quit smoking. “Tomorrow I will be grateful”.
3. Reset
Take yourself out out of the usual situation and set yourself up for success. Changing scenery, environment, company, routine helps us to distance from the habitual patterns and reflect upon them. It is really hard to break the cycle without disconnecting from whatever is holding us back from being the best versions of ourselves.
In September I am teaching a yoga retreat in Blue Mountains.
It is a wonderful opportunity to RESET.
Through yoga, meditation, chanting and more we will work through our attachments and patterns, issues, limiting beliefs.