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Breathing is also a great way to move emotional energy. It is always revealing that, just because we feel a certain way –it isn’t necessarily truth. Feelings aren’t facts. They point to underlying beliefs we have about ourselves and the world, they make us aware that an energy is missing. If we realize emotions as signposts that we are being called upon to bring an energetic gift, we can breathe out the tension and breathe in the energy. When we manifest this energy in some way we bring light to our world.
We are trained to fix problems. If I feel bad “Let’s fix it”, says the mind and we reach for that brownie, cocktail or friend. The heart, on the other hand says “Let’s feel it and then let it go so I can give you the gift equal to the size of that feeling.” Big feeling equals big gift. You have to let the feeling go first though. How?? You guessed it –Breathe!
This way, emotions don’t get stuck in your body and manifest as disease. We then use the mental forces to define how we will manifest this energy physically…instead of reaching for a feel good fix. If we learn to see our emotions as a gift rather than a problem, I’d bet there would be a lot less addictive behavior and prescription “nummers” out there. We would see how we all connect energetically.
As you all may know, I study with Jackie Woods here in Columbus. She is the real expert on emotional healing and if it were not for her I would still believe me when I mentally criticize myself when something doesn’t turn out right because I messed up and feel guilty or angry or…. She has shown me how to breathe it out and claim what the heart is offering. I now know to my core that breathing can carry away feelings with which I used to torture myself and those around me. We still need to feel whatever intensity we have so we know the size of the space we get to fill. Emotions just no longer serve as a manipulative tool. There is a great CD on Emotional clearing that you can order through the website www.jackiewoods,org if you wish to explore this further.