POSITIVE
VIBES
3 SIMPLE STEPS TO LETTING
GO OF NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
BY MARK LAHAM
SELF-ACCEPTANCE CAN BE LOOKED
AT FROM MANY DIFFERENT ANGLES.
Today I am talking about accepting all of
you—even the demons lurking inside. By
these I mean the negative emotions that we
all experience in different degrees, whether
they be guilt, shame, fear, anger, or pride.
All negative emotions have ill effects on our
anatomy and physiology and, unfortunately,
they are addictive. What you feel on a regular
basis you are setting yourself up to feel more
of in the future. That’s how the unconscious
mind works. It is a habitual mechanism. If
you’re not mindful of your feelings, you may
be developing a repetitive pattern that you
become unconsciously addicted to, which
means your emotional patterns can be caus-
ing you to make the same choices over and
over that keep bringing you back to the same
negative places.
The good news is that we as human beings
have the ability to become aware of the
choices we make and get over these habits.
You can step out of automatic pilot and take charge of
your life. It can definitely be challenging to change a
habit you’ve had for a long time. But it’s only hard at
first; people tend to give up too easily because habits are
“comfortable”—even if they are negative. It takes a little
effort every day to transcend a pattern. Here are three
simple steps that ~when practiced regularly~ will help you
break through these self-imposed limitations.
LIFESTYLE
MOTIVATION
Step 1: Notice where it is. Get out of
your head and into your body.
All of our emotions manifest
as something physical. If you
scan your body in that moment,
you will find one spot is being
stimulated more than any other.
Focus on that area and notice
the reaction taking place. The
more conscious you are of an
emotion, the easier it will be to
let it go.
Step 2: Relax into it. Once you find
the spot that is reacting most,
let go of your resistance.
Breathe into the feeling arising
so that you can calm the reac-
tion and change your mind’s
association with it. Not resisting
what you are feeling allows you
to see it with greater clarity.
Step 3: Change your perspective.
When you have a negative
emotion, it is because your
desired outcome (what you
want from something/some-
one) does not match your
current belief system. So once
you have calmed the reaction
and spent some time watching
it, you can find a new perspec-
tive—one that better matches
your desired outcome. Shift
your perspective on a situation
in a way that makes you feel
even just a little better, and
bit-by-bit, you will reprogram
yourself to feel more positive,
more often, in the future.
“CHANGE THE WAY YOU LOOK AT THINGS, AND THE THINGS
YOU LOOK AT WILL CHANGE. ~DR. WAYNE DYER”
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