A Path to Inner Peace and Freedom

This is a technique you can use as a daily practice or when you become aware of an uncomfortable feeling, thought or habit. It will support the integration of old repressed and suppressed feelings, habits or beliefs that are impacting your life negatively.

As children we have been taught to squash or supress our emotions. Other times the feelings may have been overwhelming and we didn’t have the emotional maturity to process them so we repressed them. This technique will support you in freeing yourself from these suppressions and repressions and allow you to live an authentic life from your highest self.

1. Relax – Find a comfortable place to sit. Take a few breaths and Relax your body. Allow your breath to be relaxed and connected. A Connected Breath is one where the inhalation follows the exhalation without a pause and the exhalation follows the inhalation without a pause. Sometimes it’s helpful to think of the breath as a circle.
2. Aware – Become Aware of something that has triggered you (an uncomfortable feeling, thought or habit). It can be anything – perhaps something a friend said, some way your boss acted or reacted to you, the way your parent acts towards you, the political climate. It can be anything that you notice and you may feel angry, sad, depressed, hurt, guilty, shame or even numb.
3. Curious – Become Curious of that trigger as a sensation in your body. Ask yourself “where am I feeling this feeling, thought, or habit in my body”. It may take a bit to become aware of your bodies subtle sensations if this is new to you. Once you feel it in your body notice the gentle nuances of the sensation. Is it sharp? Is it dull? Is it tingly? Does it pulsate or is it steady?Does it have a shape? Does it have roots? Is there a color? Do you have other sensations with it like nausea? Constriction? Is there a thought pattern associated with the sensation?
4. Relaxing – Keep Relaxing. As we allow old feelings that we have suppressed or repressed to arise we can become tense or stressed in our bodies. Throughout the exercise continue to relax your body as best you can.
5. Focus – Your Focus is on the sensation in the body; allow thoughts and feelings to move thru. If you find yourself absorbed in thoughts gently bring yourself back to feeling the sensations and breathing a connected breath. (In and Out without pausing) If you pop out into random thoughts, gently bring yourself back to noticing sensation. Let feelings and thoughts arise but don’t focus on them. If you do, as soon as you notice bring yourself back.
6. Follow – Keep Following the sensations in the body. They may move around the body or they may stay in the same spot. They may shift and change. Just allow all of it to unfold with your own body’s wisdom.
7. You can do this practices for a period of time or you can go until you feel a shift.