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It all started 11 years ago…
When for the first time in my ashtanga practice I did a deep backbend assisted by a friend, came out of it and started sobbing uncontrollably.
My friend asked me why I cried. I said I did not know. But she persisted.
“Of course you know!”, she exclaimed.
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In a snap of a finger, my world was turned upside down. One moment I was coming out of my class feeling elated because two people gave me such beautiful feedback, thanked me and said they were my fans. And a moment later I was in my car driving to pick up Dan from school and sobbing at my loss.
You would say that an Emotional Release Yoga Teacher would know better and will do what she preaches straight away - do the practice of Emotional Release!
Well, she did not…Not straight away anyway.
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I was 30 and I was angry.
It was a rough patch of my life. A relationship of 11 years just fell apart and I quit my corporate job. I had very little money because I started a business - Astanga Yoga School Amsterdam.
I was sad and could no longer put a happy smile on my face. And when I finally admitted to my parents that I wasn’t doing well, they could not take it so well, too. The easy go-lightly Madina wasn’t there and it was hard on them.
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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.
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