Tag Archives: body
The Power of the Body for Anger Management
Being more connected with your body helps with anger management in two ways: first by preventing anger from occurring as frequently, and also by helping you release the energy of anger more quickly once it has already come up. 1…. Read the full post
Opening Your Heart
Our issues with anger management, at the end of the day are issues of the heart. There are countless ways to approach the question of the heart, how it becomes obstructed, and different methods for resolving our issues. In this… Read the full post
Working with Uncomfortable Feelings
Part of the picture with chronic anger management problems is that we have a deep habit of avoiding uncomfortable feelings. Life is unpredictable and ever changing, a rich mixture of pain and pleasure, success and failure, coming together and falling… Read the full post
Origins of Anger VI: The Mind-Body Split
Another dynamic that happens when we are cut off from our mother’s love too soon is that we develop patterns of dissociation. The pain and confusion of being abandoned by our life source is more than our unformed self can… Read the full post
Shower Exercise
This is an enjoyable and simple exercise you can do it while taking a shower.* Here’s what you do: Take a shower. While you are in the shower, feel the water as it bathes you skin. The idea is to… Read the full post
Reclaim Your Body
Check right now to see if you can easily inhabit your body. If you are present in your body, it will be very easy to just relax and breath, and you will feel your whole body and being pulse with… Read the full post
Mountain Exercise
Here is a very simple exercise to help you become more present in your body. You can do it either sitting on a cushion on the floor or on a chair. If you’re sitting on the floor, sit with legs… Read the full post
Feeling Good
It’s important to feel good in your body, to be comfortable in your own skin, as often as you can. Many of us have never considered this, even as an idea, let alone as something we would actually pay attention… Read the full post
Body Tapping
This simple exercise helps you feel your body in an earthy way.* Sit comfortably on the ground, on a cushion or however feels best. What you are going to do is gently tap your body, from head to toe. Start… Read the full post
When We’re Disembodied
When we are disembodied we experience life largely through our head, and our experience of our body is minimal. We largely experience visual stimuli and mental activity such as thoughts and intellectual processes. The only time we really experience our… Read the full post
