Journey Toward Self Mastery - a transformational seminar of healing, spiritual and personal growth, self-awareness, emotional release work, in San Diego.

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About Feelings

Not recognizing or expressing our feelings are some of the most common problems in our society. Most people stuff their feelings. Especially the "so called" negative ones like vulnerability, frustration, hopelessness, fear, sadness, hurt, shame, grief, and anger. When we suppress those feelings we suppress and lose touch with all of them, including our feelings of joy, happiness, excitement and love. We cease to be alive, excited about life and we become numb to our inner intuitive nature.

For example: one of the most powerful is the feeling of shame. It creates feelings of guilt and fear. Shame is the most toxic. It says that there is something defective within us, that we do not deserve to be loved. Any experience of fear or abandonment can trigger the feeling of shame.

There are no such things as positive or negative emotions - all feelings are valid. It is our reaction to our feelings that makes them positive or negative. It is the resistance to the feelings that creates displeasure and pain.

The way to heal ourselves is to energetically re-experience our blocked emotions, mostly imprinted during childhood. In doing so, we release the charge held within and allow our life force to flow freely again. It is only then that we can learn to accept and love all parts of ourselves so we can be free and fulfilled.

"Give yourself permission to feel"

Feelings and their Uses

Hopelessness	Hopelessness is related to surrender. By allowing ourselves to feel hopelessness completely, we open ourselves to surrender, and subsequently come into a place of trust.
Fear	Fear protects us from harm and keeps us safe. Acknowledging and accepting our fears allows us to be more fully human by recognizing our limitations. Facing our fears and accepting them leads us into feeling secure.
Sadness	Sadness allows you to mourn, heal and open the heart. Crying out our sadness leads to the feeling of more love.
Hurt	Hurt involves allowing ourselves to be vulnerable. Acknowledging the hurt and expressing it in a non-blaming way breaks down our defensiveness, eliminates our need to blame and opens us to our own inner truth.
Grief	Grief is an intense form of sadness. It relates to death or the completion of something. Grief must be allowed to run its full course however long it might take. Grieving our lost childhood allows us to heal and to free our life force. Be sure to provide yourself with lots of support in this time.
Anger	Anger frightens most people. Its suppression leads to numbness and depression. By acknowledging and expressing our anger we reclaim our power and set our boundaries. Feeling and expressing your anger in the appropriate setting is empowering. If you find yourself angry often, you are most likely masking some deeper fear and blocking your vulnerability.