Hello and welcome,
My name is Amita and thank you for joining me today for a guided relaxation on pausing to understand anger.
So my little ones,
Close your eyes now and take a nice deep breath.
As you slowly exhale,
Imagine erasing all your thoughts for a moment,
As if you were erasing words and pictures on the chalkboard.
Slowly see all the thoughts and busyness of the mind fade away.
Slowly very slowly watch the eraser glide over the blackboard and allow it to relax your mind and your body.
You know our minds are very fascinating.
They will hold on to the thoughts that we focus on the most.
When we focus on a thought intensely or think it over and over,
It brings up certain feelings within us.
These feelings can be happiness or excitement,
But they can also be thoughts that make us angry,
Afraid or sad.
Remember my dear,
Feelings are never wrong or bad and thoughts are simply things our mind thinks.
So let's take a moment to talk about anger now.
Everyone feels angry sometimes.
Anger is not bad or wrong,
But we must be mindful of what we say or do when we are angry.
Sometimes we can get in total control of our emotions and sometimes we don't.
But we can be in total control of our emotions while processing a logical response to a situation.
What does this mean?
This means we can feel angry about something,
But we can still choose to think before we respond to the feeling.
We can think about how our words might affect the person who hears them.
We can imagine how our actions will affect another.
It's good practice to think about your anger before your reaction.
We can respond in a way which expresses our anger by choosing our words carefully.
We can explain why we are angry to those who care about us and talk it out.
Feeling anger doesn't mean we need to use angry words.
We can express our dissatisfaction while still using caring words.
Deep inside we know that we wouldn't be angry about something unless we cared about it,
Right?
So next time you're feeling angry,
Notice how anger feels and then take a few deep breaths before responding to that feeling of anger.
Some deep breaths in and deep breaths out.
When you respond,
You will have thought about why you felt that way and you can learn to better understand and know yourself.
Our feelings can be a gift to us when we take them,
When we take the time to understand why we feel the way we feel.
Isn't that magical?
Life is just so full of wonderful experiences and situations that help us know ourselves better,
Even anger.
We can always learn something and improve ourselves thanks to our experiences which is a true gift.
Life grows with us as we grow.
It presents new things,
New lessons,
Situations to us each and every day so we can always try to be the best person we possibly can.
So it's okay.
Let's take some nice deep breaths in through your nose.
Fill up your tummy like a balloon and relax.
Take a deep breath in through your nose,
Fill up your tummy and relax.
When you are ready,
Open your eyes.
You have done an amazing job today learning about new ways to deal with feelings and emotions.
Have a wonderful rest of the day and thank you for meditating with me today.
Bye Bye.
You
