This is an excerpt from my book Leap Before You Look. When you feel angry, resentful, When you feel that some injustice has been done to you, Stop and breathe deeply into the lower part of the belly. Feel the energy there. Feel the power. Fill your lower belly with breath, And let go […]
This is an excerpt from my new book: Conscious Men, which I have co-authored with John Gray. What happens when we get angry? Because anger often bypasses rational thought, we may react instinctively in ways that helped us survive in the far distant past but are now counterproductive. In dangerous times, anger could intimidate, control, […]
This is an excerpt from my new book: Conscious Men, which I have co-authored with John Gray. We do the things we most regret when we are angry. Anger is activated by the back part of the brain, the reptilian brain-the seat of the fight or flight response-and often inhibits our ability to make rational decisions […]
As an Awakening Coach, when I talk to new clients or students for our training, I often hear about people wanting to eliminate negative feelings: like anger, fear, jealousy, grief. You know the list as well as I do. Whenever people speak in this way, I remember a story one of my early teachers told […]
Here is a passage from my book Leap Before You Look. Whenever you feel provoked, irritated, or pulled to make a response, Stop. Sit back in the saddle. Scan your body and notice what you are feeling. Seek out any areas of strong emotional tension; feel what is there. If it helps you, label it: […]
