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How to Meditate: Meditation 101 for Beginners
10 Science-Backed Benefits of Meditation
What is Meditation?
How to Meditate: Meditation 101 for Beginners
10 Science-Backed Benefits of Meditation
What is Meditation?
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Mindfulness 101: A Beginner's Guide
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Hi, and welcome to your Daily Mindfulness.
Today I'm going to talk about
what we can learn from anger.
So I'm just going to invite you
to take a moment and remember
the last time you felt angry.
Maybe you had an argument with your spouse
or you were angry about an injustice in
the world, or perhaps somebody acted in
a way that you found insensitive or rude.
And as you bring this situation to mind,
maybe you can remember what it was like
to actually feel that anger in the body.
What sensations were there?
Maybe there was a faster heartbeat,
maybe tension in the jaw or
shoulders, maybe feelings of hate
or a rush of energy in the body.
Maybe it was something
totally different for you.
So these sensations of anger, this is part
of our body's fight or flight response.
It alerts us that we feel threatened
by something, or we don't feel safe.
So the body's mobilizing energy in
our bodies that really gets us ready
to protect and defend ourselves.
So if you think about this and you look
a little bit closer at anger, you can
find that in any given moment, what
you'll often find just below the surface
of an angry moment is fear of some kind.
So in an argument, maybe the other
person said something that threatened
our belief system or point of view.
Or, maybe, you know, we were afraid
of what would happen in the world if
certain policies or changes were not
made or were made, or maybe we got
angry because of someone's remark
because it touched on an insecurity or a
vulnerability we have within ourselves.
Our anger can often reveal some of
our deepest fears and vulnerabilities.
They can also teach us where we
need to speak up, where we'd like to
make a stand, where we need to put
boundaries up to protect ourselves.
So it can be a really useful emotion.
But right now I want to
invite you to go back to that
situation when you were angry.
And as you hold that situation in mind,
just inviting you to ask yourself, what
might I have been afraid of in that
moment or what might have made me feel
a little threatened in that moment?
So both fear and anger can be really
powerful guides that inform us
of what we need and what matters,
but they can also, as most of us
know, pull us into reactivity.
But if we can learn to stay with the
feeling before reacting, if we can
meet it with compassion, equanimity,
and objectivity, then we can grow in
self-awareness and self-empowerment.
So the next time you feel anger, arising
in the body, see if you can take a pause
and notice if there's fear underneath.
And if there is, try asking
the fear what it needs.
Is there something you need
to do to look after yourself?
Is there a vulnerability
that needs to be tended to?
Is there something that you
can learn about yourself?
And so in this way, we can learn
to tend to our fear and anger
with compassion and awareness.
So as always, thank you for your
practice and your presence here with us.
And just inviting you now to
settle in for today's meditation.
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