Frustration and anger are two of the most difficult emotions that we experience.
This simple practice will help you work more skillfully with these emotions when you experience them in your everyday life.
So I invite you to adopt a comfortable posture seated or lying down and close your eyes.
Taking a moment just to transition,
Becoming aware of any sensations in the hands,
Noticing sounds around you,
The feel of your body breathing.
And you might already have started this practice with some feelings of angry,
Angerness or frustration,
But if then bring to mind a time recently where you felt anger,
You felt frustrated.
And as best you can bringing to mind what the situation was surrounding the anger and frustration,
What happened prior to you experiencing these emotions.
Recognizing that anger and frustration are present.
And then offering yourself acceptance.
Accepting that you felt angry,
You felt frustrated.
And investigating where in the body you felt these emotions or feel these emotions most.
Sometimes we feel a sense of heat.
There might be a tightness in the jaw,
Clenching of the fists.
A sense of losing control,
Feeling untethered.
Allowing yourself to explore how frustration and anger shows up for you.
And then allowing and giving yourself permission to feel.
And asking yourself what you need.
What is this frustration telling me?
If this anger was a message,
What may its message be?
It can be very difficult to open to these emotions and not want to distract ourselves and push them away.
Sometimes we just need to listen.
What is it that I need in this moment?
Do I need to just take a moment to deepen my breath?
Do I need to put up a boundary if someone's overstepped one?
Do I just simply need to let go?
And more times than not we need to offer ourself support.
And so offering yourself here some words of kindness.
Telling yourself everything will be okay.
Saying to yourself I'm here to support you.
And offering yourself any other words of kindness and love and support that you can.
And then allowing your attention once more to rest in your hands.
To notice yourself sitting,
Lying down.
And then when you're ready blinking open the eyes.
Using this practice anytime you experience frustration or anger.
Recognizing its presence.
Becoming aware of the body sensations.
Allowing yourself to feel.
And then offering yourself some kindness.
And becoming aware of the underlying message.
The underlying need of this emotion.
Thank you for doing this practice and I look forward to connecting with you again soon.
