Anger

Getting to know Anger:

  • Introduction to Emotions -Suzanne McMurray ( Lecture, Length- 24:20)

  • Intro to Meditation- Marissa Winters (Practice, Length- 9:18)

  • Unstuffing Your Emotions: Befriending Anger- Suzanne McMurray (Lecture, Length- 19:02)

  • Returning to Flow with JIN SHIN JYUTSU- Carol Strelic (Practice, Length- 20:29)

  • Journaling a Creative Way to Channel Anger- Mary Ann Billerman (Practice, Length- 13:59)

Introduction to Emotions- Suzanne McMurray

Basic overview of emotions as outlined in Karla McLaren’s book, Language of Emotions.

Introduction to Meditation- Marissa Winters

Grounding and centering allow you to focus your mind. When you are grounded and centered, you can offload excess energy which otherwise might result in uncomfortable physical symptoms like increased anxiety and stress hormones. 

An electrician always grounds a circuit to allow the energy (electricity) to be directed to someplace where it can’t cause harm. When you ground yourself, you direct your energy to someplace safe. In martial arts, you can better withstand an assault if you are grounded. It’s the same when you are in the ocean when a big wave comes. You are less likely to be swept away by currents when you are grounded. So, with this meditation, first we are going to ground and center ourselves. 

The second part of the meditation will help you to strengthen your boundaries. We have nerve cells known as proprioceptors that tell the body where it is in space. Proprioceptors’ ability extends beyond our skin, and into the area surrounding the body. In fact, their sensitivity extends about an arm’s length around the body. So, even our physiology comes with an innate awareness of our boundary. 

If you don’t maintain your boundaries, it’s easy to absorb emotions swirling around when you are in the world doing errands or working. There are a lot of different emotions people are working through, and they are all different forms of energy. It’s like when there is a lot of static electricity in the atmosphere and you notice you can feel a spark when you touch someone. By strengthening your boundaries, you can decrease taking on excess emotions, like fear, grief, anger or other depleting feelings. In addition, one of the messages of the emotion of anger is that a boundary has been compromised and needs to be strengthened or repaired. This meditation will help recenter, ground and strengthen your boundaries in about 10 minutes. 

Unstuffing Your Emotions: Befriending Anger- Suzanne McMurray

Basic overview of the gifts of anger and benefits of a friendly relationship.

Returning to Flow with JIN SHIN JYUTSU- Carol Strelic

There is a life energy that circulates throughout the universe and within each individual organism, including us. When this energy moves through us without obstruction – when it flows freely - we are in perfect harmony. But the flow gets blocked by our daily routines, largely by our emotions. Jin Shin Jyutsu takes away the damns!

What Carol shares with us is an ideal self care practice for relieving ANGER and resuming our flow. It is simple, can be done anywhere at any time, and requires only our two hands and our breath.

Journaling a Creative Way to Channel Anger- Mary Ann Billerman

You have within yourself the key to unlock the mystery of you.  Journal writing can be used as a therapeutic technique to help you to heal wounds or solve problems.  Many writers have professed that writing “saved my life”.  This short powerpoint explores some fun ways to start a journal of your own. Journaling can help you to vent and use your anger creatively to gain perspective and reduce stress.