Have you ever wondered why the things you do to help rid yourself of stress, anger, and other emotional problems often act as just temporary fixes that only work for a few hours? For instance, do you regularly do any of these things? 1. Drink too much alcohol? 2. Take drugs? 3. Use violence? 4 Over-indulge in food? It seems good at the time, right? But ask yourself this question. "Has it solved the problem(s)?" The answer is, of course, NO. These things ultimately create more of the same. Often things become worse due to their inclusion in your life. Extremes of behaviour create massive highs and then lows. WHAT CAN YOU DO TO SOLVE THIS? Well, instead of looking to transitory experiences, why not contemplate using what you already have to develop feelings of calm and happiness? If you are willing to accept something a little different then you will soon be feeling the benefits of using your mind, body, and breath in a holistic, natural, and healthy way. FOCUS ON YOUR BREATH Used in certain ways the fashion in which you breathe can really help reduce feelings of: *Aggression *Fear *Anxiety *Stress Learn to combine your breathing with mental images and colours and you will soon be experiencing a dissipation of long term, pent up, emotional pain and fears. Give the below exercise a go and feel the benefits. 1. Assume a comfortable position. 2. Breathe in for a four count. Hold for two. Breathe out for six. 3. Do this five to ten times. 4. Now, as you inhale feeling totally relaxed, imagine you are pulling into your body a pure, light blue, energy. 5. On your exhale breathe out a black, heavy, 'cloud' of energy. 6. Associate this exhale with your negative emotional pain. You sense it leaving your being. 7. All you are left with is the uplifting, energy ridden, light blue colour in your body. Try this in a QUIET environment when you are feeling weighed down by your negative emotions and experience an about turn in the way you feel! (c) Tim Webb 2006 |
