Building Emotional Competence For Triggers - Yoga Nidra
by Davina Ho
When practicing emotions it’s not about never feeling emotions again… quite the opposite… emotions can arise quite suddenly and even strongly when we first begin to meditate because they have been waiting for a moment to be accepted into our awareness, worked through and released… even emotions from years ago can arise suddenly in meditation… Our job is to sit with them… inquire into them and release them… if not then they can stay with us unconsciously for years… Emotional Competence is the multifaceted ability to engage with emotions effectively. It encompasses the capacity to recognize and experience our emotions authentically, healthily express them, and comprehend our needs and boundaries. This understanding extends to recognizing how it feels when those needs are unmet or violated. Additionally, emotional competence involves the skill of distinguishing between the emotions arising from the present situation and any lingering emotional residues from past experiences.
