Harnessing Emotion

How can I make use of the emotions that pass through me?  

Be a witness first to what you feel.  See it.  With awareness you can choose to follow the feelings of your experience into an expression of stillness and release, or maybe your energy transfer takes on some other kind of movement.  It could become anything.  Observe your emotion as a gift with potential to morph into a clean room, a sketch, a poem, a reflective writing exercise, a long swim, a run, a thundering laugh or however life wants to move and play through you.  It may feel easier to be fluid with whatever you’re experiencing if you can give yourself enough separateness from the emotion to understand it has the capacity to serve beyond its initial presentation.

Look to the emotion when deciding what pairs best as a response. Listen to your body.  Listen to your internal knowing.

Photograph from Rachael King