Practice for Moving and Realigning Your Capacity to be with Pain
Expand Your Capacity for Love
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5m 35s
Some emotions can be painfully difficult to feel and move through, which can cause us to reject and avoid them. However, this can often lead to more pain which can become unbearable. If this is something you are struggling with, you may be seeking a way through that brings freedom, rather than more pain.
This practice was recorded live as John was leading a client from his Embodied Women's Relationship Immersion through a 2-step process for working with difficult emotions and triggers. It includes a detailed description of the practice by John in the last few minutes.
Step 1: Go into the sensation and let the wisdom of your body express and move the energy from the center of the sensation.
Step 2: Breathe in the experience that you are rejecting and with the exhale, open as it.
John argues that most of the pain we feel is the rejection of what is, so this practice accomplishes two things: 1. It moves the energy that needs to move, and 2. It realigns your capacity to be with pain and other feelings you are rejecting.
If you would like to expand your capacity to feel and move through painful emotions, then try this 5-minute practice.
Disclaimer: Although anyone may find this practice to be useful, it is made available with the understanding that we are not engaged in presenting specific medical, psychological, emotional, sexual or spiritual advice. Nor is anything in this practice intended to be a diagnosis, prescription, recommendation or cure for any specific kind of medical, psychological, emotional, sexual or spiritual problem. Each individual has unique needs and this practice cannot take these individual differences into account. Each person should engage in a program of treatment, prevention, cure, or general health only in consultation with a licensed, qualified physician, therapist or other competent professional. Any person suffering from a sexually transmitted disease or any local illness of his or her sexual organs should consult a medical doctor and a qualified instructor of sexual yoga before practicing the sexual methods described in this practice.
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