1 00:00:00,420 --> 00:00:07,200 Meditation for managing anger is the following practice, we use the body and the breath as vehicles 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:13,040 to manage unresolved anger begin with a few moments of basic breath meditation. 3 00:00:14,490 --> 00:00:22,380 Feel your body and any sensations that are present from your toes to your varied picture as vividly 4 00:00:22,380 --> 00:00:23,130 as possible. 5 00:00:23,130 --> 00:00:28,840 The circumstances that led to your anger opening to the emotions they provoke. 6 00:00:29,250 --> 00:00:37,200 Notice where the anger expresses itself in the body, for example, a clenched jaw or not in the stomach. 7 00:00:37,740 --> 00:00:44,820 Breathe with these physical manifestations of anger, bring compassion to your experience, making room 8 00:00:44,820 --> 00:00:45,810 for the emotion. 9 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:48,510 Let it be what it is. 10 00:00:48,930 --> 00:00:58,500 Take care not to resist the feelings are or criticize yourself for the actions you are having practiced 11 00:00:58,500 --> 00:01:05,340 being the witness of your own experience, observing your emotions without becoming completely engaged 12 00:01:05,340 --> 00:01:05,790 in them. 13 00:01:08,070 --> 00:01:11,970 If you struggle to take the role of observer that that's okay too. 14 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:20,250 It's easy to get dragged up in anger if at any point you feel overwhelmed with emotion, gently dierig 15 00:01:20,250 --> 00:01:28,020 that tension to the breath until the grip of anger loosens, continue to breathe with the physical sensations 16 00:01:28,020 --> 00:01:37,140 for as long as you like noticing how emotions change over time when the intensity of the anger has calmed 17 00:01:37,140 --> 00:01:41,550 down, bring that tension back to the breath before opening your eyes. 18 00:01:41,970 --> 00:01:43,140 Notice how you feel. 19 00:01:43,470 --> 00:01:51,870 This meditation allows us to practice boozing between feeling angry and reacting, giving us greater 20 00:01:51,870 --> 00:01:54,600 choice in how we manage strong and.