Welcome to this releasing anger jaw meditation.
You will need a pillow to do the exercise that is embedded within this meditation.
So simply pause this meditation and come back when you have a pillow.
When you do,
Maybe you did not have far to go.
Then have that there by the side of you and in the meditation we will instruct when to pick up the pillow and what to do.
Anger is very suppressed in our society and many of us experience jaw issues as a result of suppressing our anger.
Again and again our body feels like it's got no other option but to clench and to tense up.
So just getting comfortable here where you are,
Slowing down your breathing,
Arriving here in this moment.
Feeling the surfaces that are supporting you.
And tune into what feels good in your body right now.
This can be the slightest little thing but just focus on that to create a place where you feel more safe.
Knowing that there is goodness here,
There is ease here right now even if just very subtly.
And as you are breathing in through your nose and out through your nose,
More grounded now in this moment here.
Bring awareness to what is here for you right now.
In your jaw,
In your body,
In your feelings.
This is like a check in of what is life for you right now.
This may change moment to moment but just be curious with childlike wonder of what is here right now.
Beginning to notice again.
We've created this meditation to have an effective way to process anger.
Anger is unique in the way that simply meditating on anger does not shift it in the most effective ways.
You may get more familiar with what anger feels like and that awareness can be very helpful.
But in order to shake off and to release this anger that is built up,
It can be very helpful to have a physical action release.
And that is what we'd like to offer you here today.
So finding a pillow.
So we will have a short instruction by Julia who is the founder of Kiefer Freund,
Joy Yoga by Kiefer Freund,
Of how you can really liberate this anger and let it pass through your system.
This was a short recording done in a workshop and we've embedded it here in this meditation to give you the practical tool but also the container of feeling what needs to be felt around it.
Which can be very very helpful in addition to the release of anger in that more physical way.
So you just take a pillow,
You imagine this anger.
Of course you can feel it,
Yeah?
And it's not like a ahhh!
It's really like a lioness.
So you really stream into the pillow.
It's just that the neighbours don't come and think you get hurt.
So you put the pillow and you really scream.
So now that you've heard the technique that we'll be using,
Just bring to mind and feel into a situation or a dynamic that makes you and has made you feel very angry.
Just with your closed eyes feel into that.
Noticing where in your body you can sense this anger.
Maybe you're feeling it bubble up within you,
Tightening,
Heating up.
Whatever it is,
See what's there for you.
Just let it grow,
Nothing can happen to you.
You've got your breath to ground you.
It can never get bigger than you are.
And then when you've got a really good sense of that anger,
Get your pillow and release the scream in that way and do that as many times as feels right for you.
We're going to leave a little bit here with music where you can do that in your own time.
And now that you've done that a few times,
Sense into your body what is here now.
How do you feel?
How do you feel in comparison to before releasing those screams?
Maybe there's still lots of anger here right now as you've opened the box and you'd like to pause the meditation and do some more screams.
But just feel what is here right now in your body.
Give yourself this love,
This attention,
This care.
This is really where you're checking in with yourself and your inner child and all these parts within you,
Saying how do you feel?
I'm here for you.
I'm listening.
I'm holding you.
Emotions like anger can be very,
Very scary and daunting.
They're simply emotions,
Which are energies that are moving through our system,
Sometimes trapped,
Sometimes releasing.
And then using your breath,
Giving anything that wants to release the opportunity to leave your system,
To create a bit more space.
Not pushing anything out,
But giving the opportunity with your breath.
And then when you're ready,
Bringing attention back into your body,
Arriving back into the room,
Maybe wiggling your toes,
Your fingers.
Knowing that you can come back to this practice as many times as you'd like.
We try to not make it too long so that you can always dip in when you need to.
But you can always pick up a pillow at any time,
Even without this practice.
This practice really embeds that release within the framework of,
A container really,
Of being gentle with yourself in that process.
And not pushing anything away,
But having a healthy way of relating to what comes up for you.
And then when you're ready,
Coming back,
Opening your eyes.
All the best from the JAW Yoga Kiva Find team.
