Grief Release: Understanding Your Body’s Energy, Tools for Dealing with Emotions such as Grief, Guilt & Despair
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Part 1
Waking with 100% Recharged Battery “Theoretically”
Impediments to our Bodies’ Ability to Recharge Fully
Quality of Sleep and the Food we Eat Matters
Energy Stealers: Thinking about Past: Past: Grief, Guilt, Remorse
Thinking about Future: Worry, Fear, Planning
Catching Moments of Living Life on Auto Pilot rather than Conscious Awareness
Part 2
What Percentage of the 100% are in the Emotions or Thoughts that are in Past and Future?
What percent of the 100% is left for the Present?
Emotions of Relating to Grief, Guilt and Remorse
Guilt can Destroy Self Esteem
Story of Grief Ceremony led by Peacemaker of Modern Native American Tribe
Making Peace with Yourself – Ritual to Rid Emotions of Grief, Guilt and Remorse
How gives Ritual Power to Heal?
Part 3
Do we need Rituals to Release us from Grief
How BodyMind Training fits in
Meditation with Focal Point, Visualization and Empty Thought Meditation
Meditation a Tool to Direct Mind where we want it to be
Uncontrolled Mind stays on the Surface of Things
Giving up on the things that are Difficult Accomplishes Nothing
Conditioning of Body – Training our Bodies to Rebuild
Part 4
Slower Side of Physical Training – Qigong’s Focus is on Circulating Energy
Slower Movement allows Using the Body as a Focal Point
How does Physical Training help People get Unstuck in Feelings of Fear or Depression
Stages of Grief – Denial, Rationalize, Anger, Bargain
Letting Go – what it Doesn’t Mean
Feelings of Despair and Powerlessness and the Challenge to Climb Out of It
Part 5
Avoiding our Thoughts through use of Drinking, Drugs, TV and other Forms of Distraction
Why those things Don’t Work – Washing out those Negative Emotions
How Trapped Feelings lead to Illness and Disease
Physical Practice using the Body to Sweat and Circulate the Blood
Promoting Positive Feelings and Improved Ability to Meditate through Exercise
Suddenly Crying doing Qigong or Meditation – Release of Emotions
Part 6
What Meditation is useful for when not Meditating
How do we get out of that “Bad Place”
BodyMindTraining – Drawing on Wisdom and Will to get out of Despair
Not using the Tools Available to Us is the Equivalent to Not Having them
Measuring your own levels of Happiness and Peace
Looking at Painful Past Experiences and Learning from Them
Time for Meditation