Healing Anger – Part III
… Continued from Anger and Energy.
The most powerful way of healing anger is to spend plenty of time in nature. Merely this can dissolve anger completely in a matter of weeks. However, as this is not practical for most people, we shall see how to heal it through Reiki. Once we understand how many chakras the anger is affecting, the best approach is to start from the outer chakras and move inward. Start with healing the root, if that is how far it’s gone.
Root and Throat
If the root and throat are affected, they need to be healed first. The root will heal with greater interaction with nature. There are other exercises that help the root get stronger as well, like the tree meditation, grounding yogasanas, gardening, eating root vegetables and wearing bright but earthy colours. The throat is best healed through singing, so apart from healing the throat with Reiki, joining a singing class will help tremendously. Even better if it is classical, carnatic.
Hara and Heart
The hara and heart need a lot of pampering and nourishment for healing – not from someone else, but from the self. It is important to relook at one’s self-imposed restrictions and limitations, and do what is necessary to relax and unwind. We can start with one question – ‘what would make me feel loved?’ and whatever the answer is, give it to yourself, instead of waiting for someone else to help you heal. Just like charity, love begins at home – you cannot love anyone else if your own heart is burned out.
The Solar Plexus
Finally, to heal the solar plexus, sesame oil baths are very deeply healing. When massaging the belly, make clockwise movement in alignment with the movement in the large intestines, moving from the liver to the stomach, and from the left hip towards the right. Make sure you activate Reiki in your palms while making this movement. Buttermilk along with lunch also helps the solar plexus calm down.
Working with the Anger
In healing anger, it is essential to bring in to our understanding that no outside influence ‘makes’ us angry. They merely trigger already present anger. No one else is responsible for the way we feel, and for fixing it. Embracing the anger and feeling it intensely is a very important step in healing it permanently. This article will help you understand how to deal with and transcend the anger when it is very intense.
Most of us think that there are only two ways of dealing with feelings: suppression or expression. There is a third option – to transcend it. When you surrender to the feeling, it does not mean expression. It means surrendering to the emotions coursing through you, feeling it intensely and watching the parts of your body that are tingling/ heating up/ hurting. Be fully present in your body. When you are truly present, not only will you have no desire/ energy to express the anger, but it is likely that it will not even show up on your face. Expression of anger is actually a sign that you are trying to escape what you are feeling. Suppression, same thing.
… Finally…
This is not always an easy process and we tend to make progress in steps. Every time, you will find that you have been a little more present than before. Eventually, there will be no anger left.
Author of ‘Healing Through Reiki’, Ashwita learned Reiki in 1997, and started teaching it in 2006. She now incorporates other forms of energy healing, as well as hypnotherapy and past life therapy in her work. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, crafts, reading and painting.
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Very informative and nicely written!
Vey interesting article – loved oit!
Wonderful article and handy tips.
Excellent article on Anger, specially the explanation of what happens when anger moves up to the heart and turns into rage. Also like the recommended approach to healing someone with anger problems.
Thank you Javier
I agree for the article. This article will help to handle the anger. Thank you for sharing
Thank you Gayathri 🙂
What about moving from the source of anger?And suppose i say that many a times my best results from myself and out of other people are achieved becos of MY angry outburst,whereas when i was tolerant and compromisisng tey were only testing my patience or taking me for granted?Suppose i say i’m in a bank and waiting patiently in a long queue and the banker is busy chatting on the phone,some unimportant talk which i can hear,and thus delaying the work,then how do i keep cool?
Your answer is contained in the last para, Uma.
When you start to transcend anger, you start to react in the best way possible. There is no ‘how-to’ here. When you are coming from the wrong energy, even the best response will create more problems in the future. When you come from a clear space where you have dealt with your anger, you will just ‘know’ what to say or do, to really resolve the issue.