A is for Anger Webinar (September 2020)

The first ABC for Yoga & Health webinar took place in September and was a great success.

Both Stanford and I thoroughly enjoyed sharing our knowledge and expertise in relation to anger.

Why Anger?

A lot of us may be feeling a bit fed up at the moment. 2020 hasn't been the easiest year to say the least... As we approach an uncertain winter, we may find ourselves dealing with an array of emotions - fear, sadness, anxiety - but there's one we may be quick to push down. Anger might feel useless at a time when there are so many things out of our control but it's that very lack of control that may be fuelling our anger. So, what do we do? Suppress it? Scream at the faulty self-service check out machine every time we go shopping?

Dr Stanford Wong says:

Western medicine and psychology recognise anger as part of the normal emotional spectrum, but we may all find it difficult to deal with an angry person (especially when it's ourselves). There also seems to be an increasing trend of that angry behaviour and its manifestation in the modern world. Typically, clinicians don't intervene until there are behavioural issues or aggression (to oneself or others) but there is always a benefit to bringing more awareness to the emotion itself. Is there a scope to healthily express and channel our anger? Or is anger just the evil that needs to be nipped in the bud? I am going to share some examples of what I have seen as well as my personal experience.

Yogi Colin Dunsmuir says:

Yoga describes anger (krodha) as both beneficial and a disease of the mind. Beneficially, anger provides us with an opportunity to change our lives, signalling when a situation is not serving us and giving us the gusto and power to change it. As a disease of the mind, yoga places anger as a key factor in leading us into many unhappy states. It can fuel our weaknesses and insecurities, bringing mental imbalances and unhealthy behaviour in its wake. During this webinar I'll share my personal experience of working with clients to uncover their relationship with anger, a feeling that often hides itself behind more 'convenient' emotions and rational. We'll discuss how we can change our relationship with this powerful emotion.

We're thrilled to be running these webinars, if you’d like to join future ones click here… https://www.trueyoga.co.uk/webinars

Here’s a short clip:

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A is for Anger Webinar (September 2020)