my go to anger routine
Sometimes when I’m not consistent with my cycle syncing I do experience some intense anger before my period.
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When this happens I get very angry very fast, I have almost no patience, and my ego runs wild crafting stories about how so and so did this and that. And it just snowballs. BUT. Not if I stop it.
There are only three things I tend to do when this anger arises, and these things can be used anytime you’re feeling angry no matter what the cause. I guarantee these things will eradicate your anger, leave you feeling very peaceful, grateful, and completely re-centered.
The first thing I turn to is Yoga with Kassandra’s Yin Yoga for Anger. You don’t have to be an experienced yogi to take this class, in fact you could be completely new to yoga and this class would still be super easy. If you are not familiar with Yin yoga, it is a very relaxing and healing form of yoga where all the poses are on the floor. We can’t technically call it stretching because we are actually stressing our muscles since we hold the poses for a few minutes and we do it when our muscles are cold, not after a workout like most stretches are done.
In her video she targets the Liver Meridian (meridians are energy channels in the body which you can learn more about through The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga by Bernie Clark) which is associated with anger. She also has us do a lot of forward folds in the class which are the most relaxing and healing poses that exist in yoga; for they often symbolize a state of surrender to whatever is making you upset in any areas of life. Sort of similar to how Eckhart Tolle teaches us nonresistance in his incredible spiritual books The Power of Now and A New Earth.
While I’m taking this yoga class, or any yoga class, I remind myself to not think. To not create videos in my mind of fights or arguments or memories of times when I was angry. I let the thoughts shoot out of my mind as fast as they came, that way I stay grounded in the present moment so that my entire being gets all the benefits of the yoga.
Here is Kassandra’s wonderful class; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U_LFotEj8g
The second thing I do is put on some relaxing, zen music. One of my all time new favorites is this relaxing rain music with Native American flute and bird sounds which can be found here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SynzKC4fWp0
Here is my Relax/Meditate playlist as well which has tons of relaxing music in it, especially music by Meditative Mind on YouTube which creates beautiful videos that have specific HZ sounds for certain goals be they emotional goals or chakra balancing goals; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROnntizsSdM&list=PLe3MdQZTsER8iFQf8mft77FfdOmDqFNHy
JJOS is an amazing music artist that has very soothing music too. I used to use them in my yoga classes; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfaO4MB62xE&t=11925s
The last thing I do while I have my relaxing music on is flip open my journal - you could use a Gratitude Journal too if you have one or that sounds appealing to you - and I write down “Thank you for _________” and I list everything that I can think of that makes me happy, makes me relaxed, makes me feel good, makes me feel better. And this is such an uplifting experience.
I know gratitude work can sometimes feel forced but really it can be relaxing, healing, and organic if you let it be. I just start writing and I don’t overthink it.
It’s okay to get angry, but I think it’s really good to be able to find our center again and come back to our inner peace - for our sake and for those that are close to us. I hope you enjoyed this article and I hope these things will help you in angry times.
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