Conscious Inner Transformation

I’ve found the best way to deal with strong emotions – and really, it doesn’t matter if they are old emotions being released or from something you’re experiencing as a result of present circumstances, (they’re all felt in your body, here/now) – is to let them go.  In this post, I’ll describe the process that works well for me and others I know.

Emotional release: easier said than done maybe, but a process that in itself is simple, and yet deeply healing and ultimately, profoundly liberating.  If practised on an ongoing basis as strong emotions come up, either as a result of life’s daily living or as a result of a spiritual practice such as meditation or toning, this can go a long way to helping you release long held limitations and feel a great sense of inner peace and freedom.

(1) stop avoiding them and take your projection away from Out There (another person or situation) back to In Here (yourself),

(2) acknowledge them and truly feel them – in your body,

(3) release any judgments you have about them or yourself, (“anger’s bad”, “I’m useless”) and

(4) choose to release the emotions to your higher self, your divine self, god – whatever you call the benevolent highest consciousness that you are connected to, and which a lot of people imagine above them.

(5) if you find it hard to release them – ask for the willingness to release them.

(6) if you can, spend some time breathing gently but deeply, and place your awareness into your body, allowing yourself to feel a sense of being nurtured.  You, connected to a greater sense of self – are doing the nurturing and you – that is consciously experiencing this process – are receiving the nurturing.

I like to do some deep breathing before, during and after this exercise.  Deep breathing right down into my belly, as if I’m blowing my belly up like a balloon with each inhale, and letting it deflate with each exhale.  It really helps me to stay connected to my body as I have a tendency to become ungrounded.  And it keeps me remain connected to the emotional state, as this is important in the releasing process.

Sometimes I imagine roots growing down through my feet into the earth, and the earth holding me in a nurturing embrace, like a mother who is comforting a child.

Obviously this isn’t something you can necessarily do if you’re at work or in a situation with other people who won’t understand or support what you’re doing.  If you can, excuse yourself, or take time out to the bathroom or some place you can feel private enough to deal with this.  If you can’t, try to hold on to this, so you can deal with it when you are in a more conducive environment/time.

Other times you may find that it’s simply a matter of breathing through the emotion, knowing that its just a bubble coming up from the past – and then release it mentally to the universe, or higher consciousness.

During these times of release, it is so important to nurture yourself.  Most of us who stuff down our emotions are unnecessarily hard on ourselves anyway, or think we have to be or ‘perform’ or appear in a certain way.  But the truth is, we are what we are and that includes feeling a whole range of, sometimes conflicting, emotions.  None of them are good and bad, we have simply learned to judge some of them as such.

This work can leave us feeling vulnerable, like little children.  I’m sure its because in truth, there is a child within each of us, as well as a warrior, mother, lover, friend … a whole range of aspects that we as incredible beings can embrace if we give ourselves permission.

In this way we find ourselves coming back to a state of true wholeness and inner freedom.