It’s the end of a long day or a long week.
Rest assured that becoming angry while meditating is quite a common experience.
So, why am I becoming angry during meditation?
Our bodies hold on to almost everything that happened to us over the course of a daypleasant or unpleasant.
And neuroscience tells us that unfortunately, our brain is hard-wired fora negative bias.
That means we tend to hold on to the unpleasant things more than pleasant ones.
Just think about it: If someone gives you 10 compliments and one insult, what sticks around longer?
It can lead to regret, guilt, and blame unless we nip it in the bud.
Here are four ways to do it.
How to work through the anger mindfully:
1.
Don’t fight it.
Meditating is kind of like cleaning out your closet.
Then you simply pick it up and let it go.
That’s exactly what we do in meditation.
The trick is: Don’t fight the negative emotion that is coming up in meditation.
Building off of Step 1, tell yourself, “Oh!
I am getting rid of what was stuck in some corner of the mind-body complex.
I don’t need it.”
Reframing your anger in this way can be a powerful way to strip its power over you.
Understand that the thing you’re angry about is in the past.
you’re free to’t change what has happenedbut you might be able to learn a lesson from it.
It’s dead and gone."
And finally, don’t forget, take a breath.
