GH – Passion & Peace
Welcome to Guided Harmonies, a podcast where I put words to my therapeutic music. My name is Margaret Dahlberg and today’s episode: Passion & Peace, comes as the world witnessed how anger and rage affected our political world and sense of safety. My music and words create vibrations and frequencies that your body will respond to as you are invited to reflect upon your own personal journey with anger.
As you listen to the music, check in with your body. What parts of you are heavy against whatever you are resting on? Feel that heaviness as Move your awareness up your legs, through your buttocks, towards your back and shoulders, and finally through your neck and skull. Allow yourself to be supported and held by the earth which is at the root of everything underneath you.
Now notice your breathing. Do not change anything, just bring a curiosity to how deeply the air fills your torso. How far Does it expand your ribs? Do your inhales reach your pelvis? Does the air fill your chest cavity toward your shoulders? Do not change anything, just notice.
What is anger to you? Take a moment and allow your thoughts to swirl around your reaction to this question. Many things may come to mind. Memories of anger may stir up feelings of fear or regret. You may think of how those around you have communicated and experienced anger. OR perhaps you may also consider what anger looked like growing up in your household. You may also reflect upon your own anger and how you have expressed it, or perhaps repressed it. Take some time and allow your thoughts to circle your sphere.
Check in with your body again. Does thinking about anger impact the depth of your breathing? Does your body feel as supported as you sit or lie down now? Do you feel more tension? Do not change anything, just allow yourself to be curious about it. You are simply learning more about your relationship with this emotion.
As the music intensifies, breathe and allow the music to carry you safely into your own anger. What are you angry about? How do you wish you could express your anger? Who are you angry at? Who would you talk to or even yell at? What would you say? Feel free to speak or move if you need to. Some people like to pound their fists, wave their arms or even cry out when they are angry. Now You are in a safe place to step in and feel your anger. Rest assured The music will move you through and bring you back again.
Some people believe that anger is a protection mechanism designed to keep us from feeling our deepest emotional pain. Sit with this idea and see what comes up for you and Continue to monitor your breathing. Your breathing is your teacher as you learn about yourself and your relationship with anger.
Now gently wiggle your toes. Stretch out your legs and then feel them relax. Continue to be gentle as you stretch your fingers and hands and now your arms. As you do, allow your back to arch into a nice stretch and let your chin extend to the sky. Take and inhale. Now let it go.
Check in with your breathing again. What do you notice? Does the air flow more smoothly as in enters your torso? Does it reach further into your belly toward your pelvis? Is your exhale less laboured? Are you able to fill your chest cavity toward your shoulders?
The scientists at the Mayo clinic say that anger is a natural response to perceived threats. In other words, anger is perfectly normal. Take another inhale as you notice how your body has recovered from your earlier experience feeling of your anger.
In nature exists a balance. There is always a calm after a storm. Peace after war. Silence after sound. You may trust that when you allow yourself to connect with your anger, you will then experience relief from that stress. The more you know and understand about your anger, the more acceptance you will find. And the you can learn to feel safer when witnessing the anger of others. And perhaps even feel a sense of forgiveness toward yourself and others whne anger has been expressed.
Consider that Anger is another aspect of love. At the centre of anger we are simply protecting something we love deeply. And to love deeply is what it is to live and be human.
What if You do not need to shy away from your anger. What if You may learn to love it as a part of who you are? For you are perfect and loveable just as you are.
Take time to breathe and feel ready to open your eyes again. There is no need to rush back into the regular world. Know you may return to this music any time to find a sense of being supported.