Emotions

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Nina my yoga instructor is alos my therapist so i am lucky there. She always

says to sit wiht it when it starts if at all possible. Just sit and feel it

and acknowledge it . When i am able to do that it works sometimes it is too

big or scary and i think it will never end but even the big stuff does endif

you give it a chance. She says that you have to process it to be able to not

let it control you. i dont know if that makes any sense to you or not i hope

so. Jaya bhaguan nicole

[Guest guest]

Greetings,

 

I have been contemplating the relation of the self to emotions. Pieter's

e-paper (1/27/01) compelled me to open a question to the general e-group.

 

This is the background:

 

I have been told by a therapist that I need to learn to feel my emotions.

This was a curious thing for me to hear, given that until last fall, I

would have admitted to being governed by my emotions. I was whatever

emotion I was feeling. That emotion would determine whether I worked

productively, could easily socialize, etc. As I became more watchful of my

emotions and began to continually ask myself where the current emotion was

coming from, the intensity of my emotions decreased. This process has

become so fluid that as soon as an emotion enters in, my mind touches it,

relaxes, and the emotion is on the way out. One would think: problem

solved! However, in the process of watching my emotions, I have effectively

developed a detachment from my emotions - something I should "overcome"

according to this therapist. (Perhaps I have gone too far?)

 

How does one feel an emotion without letting it take hold?

 

I am curious to know what experiences others have had in this regard. I

also wish to know what perspective philosophies aligned with kundalini yoga

might have on the role of emotions.

 

Sat Nam.

 

Nina

[Guest guest]

Dear Nina,

 

Emotions are felt in the body as sensations. You have achieved the mental

detachment, but the energy is not available to you. When you feel the

primal energy of the emotions, without stories attached and maintain that

sensation in your body, you will feel more alive. Of course, at first this

does not feel comfortable. In the purest form emotions are the energy of

the soul. They have been corrupted as programed fear, anger and sadness

responses. You might like to refer to my NMBeing newsletter on Scorpio. I

go into this in detail. It is available on autoresponder from

www.yogatech.com.

 

Sat Nam,

 

 

Gururattan Kaur

 

> I have been told by a therapist that I need to learn to feel my emotions.

> This was a curious thing for me to hear, given that until last fall, I

> would have admitted to being governed by my emotions. I was whatever

> emotion I was feeling. That emotion would determine whether I worked

> productively, could easily socialize, etc. As I became more watchful of my

> emotions and began to continually ask myself where the current emotion was

> coming from, the intensity of my emotions decreased. This process has

> become so fluid that as soon as an emotion enters in, my mind touches it,

> relaxes, and the emotion is on the way out. One would think: problem

> solved! However, in the process of watching my emotions, I have

effectively

> developed a detachment from my emotions - something I should "overcome"

> according to this therapist. (Perhaps I have gone too far?)

>

> How does one feel an emotion without letting it take hold?

>