Negative emotions
- such as shame, anger, fear, loneliness, guilt or unworthiness
- can be difficult to bear and confusing to deal with.
Most of don’t have a lot of experience using strength and kindness to meet these difficult places.
- This takes practice.
These mindfulness practices can help
Labeling
- What is this emotion? Name it.
Finding the difficult emotion in the body
- Locate it and feel it.
- Describe the sensations in your body to yourself
Soften – Soothe – Allow
- Add warmth and kindness and let it be.
- You do not need to change the feeling, just bring compassion to it or acceptance
- Difficult emotions are part of life.
- Mindfulness practices can help us navigate our way through them.
cards by compassioninspiredhealth.com