Is It OK TO Be Angry?
In my blog, included are Instruction to Calming Zen Yoga Breathing and 7 Tips to Release Anger.
Video Time Posts:
2:18 Emotions of anger
2:53 Brief Instruction on Zen Yoga Breathing
3:24 Your Reaction to your Own Anger
3:51 The Other Kind of Anger
4:10 Law of Transmutation of Energy
It’s What You Do With Anger That Matters
Let’s transform negative emotions. Anger is considered to be one of negative emotions.
Regardless of what’s going on in your life, these negative emotions are not something you can avoid.
When you feel anger, what do you do? Do you try to control it? Do you try to avoid it?
How you handle your anger is very important.
Yesterday someone borrowed something from me; he did not return it to me. This really inconvenienced me. It is not huge anger. But certainly I was angry.
When you are disappointed; when you are feeling betrayed; someone betrayed your trust; someone ignored you; someone said bad things about you; or hurt you.
In these situations emotions come up for you and that is anger. In these situations, you were directly feeling because someone has done something directly and personally against you.
Some one may have violated against your loved ones. You can be very angry because someone did something horrible against your brother, sister or parents. These incidents personally affect you. You do try to deal with these situations. You may try to correct the situation.
Or if your loved one is engaged in activities that are destructive against themselves, you are sad, you are disappointed and you are hurt. But also you are very angry. You feel you can’t control; you didn’t cause that situation; and you can’t heal that situation. You don’t have a solution, no matter what you do. So you are frustrated at the same time.
(2:18) The emotions of anger contain many other forms of negative emotions.
All you can do in the moment is to distinguish if this situation is beyond your control or within your control. Can you help this situation and guide yourself or others through difficulties for yourself or other people?
Or lean to easy your mind a little, not all fueled up and consumed about this situation.
(2:53) One way to ease you is to do deep breathing. Emotions are so caught up and connected with breathing.
Calming Zen Yoga Breathing (more detailed than in Video):
When you are very angry, your breathing is very shallow. To help how you are feeling, breathe in deep in to your lower abdominal area. And as you breathe out, release that energy of anger with the out breath.
Breathe in deep…
Breathe out that energy of anger…
I am breathing in deep…
I am breathing out that energy of anger…
Breathe in deep not into your chest puffed up or shoulder tense…
Breathe in deep focusing in the lower abdominal area…
Breathe out while releasing that energy of anger through your mouth…
(3:24) Whatever is going on, however you are feeling, your reaction should not make things worse than what it is. Your intention should not be to hurt others and hurt yourself. And do not be spiteful.
(3:37) You don’t allow that emotion of anger to destruction. Don’t dirve yourself to more negativity. More To more pain. To more hurt. To irreversible destruction.
(3:51) There is the other kind of anger. It’s social, political. this type of anger is beyond emotional.
For examples looking at the ways animals are treated in mega food industry. Or what is going on in many undeveloped nations. These are entirely different levels of anger and sense of injustice you may experience.
(4:10) The Law of transmutation of energy …
You can re-direct that energy of anger to a different energy to gain more strengths
to bear, to be patient and to be more loving, more accepting person…to transmute to being a kinder person.
Simple 7 Daily Exercises to Release Anger:
7 Tips to Release Anger:
1] Tell yourself that people are not doing unacceptable things purposely against you.
Do not take other’s ill behavior personally.
2] Remove yourself from unacceptable or dangerous situations as soon as you are able
and learn to say “no” and get help that you may need immediately.
3] Always check on your breathing. When you are alone practice the calming Zen Breathing
for 5 minutes several times throughout the day.
4] Adapt a concept that some people are afflicted with illness and they cannot help themselves.
Or Change your thinking and believe that they are doing their best with all that they have been give and grew up with. Retire yourself from a job of being a fixer, controller and judge.
5] Fill your days with random act of kindness.
Smile; say good morning to people at work at grocery stores; help older people in public; when you just feel like not being bothered, do that one thing to make a small difference.
Listen to what others have to say instead of talking too much.
6] Body-Mind Health… Eat nutritious healthy meals; avoid sugar, soft drinks, greasy foods, artificial ingredients, avoid excessive caffeine or alcohol, exercise daily.
7] Learn to meditate 5-10 minutes a day to begin with.
Learn to Meditate: Zen Yoga Breathing and Sitting Position Part 1
Anger management isn’t just about your mind state only. It is taking care to live a healthy lifestyle. When you feel more empowered and balanced about yourself, you won’t be run by this emotion of anger.
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