Stop Bottling Emotions

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TODAY'S LEARNING
How to Stop Bottling Emotions and Start Expressing Your Authentic Self

It’s all too common to push feelings deep down rather than let them see the light of day. Whether it’s fear of judgment, discomfort with vulnerability, or simply not knowing how to put emotions into words, bottling emotions can eventually lead to stress, resentment, and disconnection from ourselves and others. The good news is that by learning how to express feelings more openly, we create space for greater self-awareness, healthier relationships, and a more genuine sense of self.

1. Start Small and Name What You Feel:
Before diving into deep emotional conversations, begin by identifying and labeling your feelings privately. Writing in a journal, using a mood-tracking app, or simply reflecting quietly helps build the vocabulary and confidence to describe inner experiences.

2. Practice Speaking Up in Safe Spaces:
Seek supportive friends, family members, or a counselor as sounding boards. Sharing a recent frustration or worry in a nonjudgmental environment allows you to test the waters of emotional expression, preparing you to eventually speak up more freely in other areas of life.

3. Adopt an “I” Statement Approach:
Instead of pointing fingers or placing blame, frame your feelings around your own experience. For example, “I feel hurt when this happens” encourages understanding and avoids putting the other person on the defensive. This approach also deepens your connection to your own emotions.

4. Explore Creative Outlets:
Writing poetry, painting, dancing, or playing music can all serve as powerful avenues for emotional release. Creative endeavors bypass the filter of language and logic, helping you “speak” your truth in ways that feel comfortable, satisfying, and authentic.

5. Seek Professional Guidance:
If bottled emotions run deep, a therapist or counselor can help you safely unearth them. Professional support provides tools for managing anxiety, fear of judgment, and communication roadblocks. Over time, you’ll gain insight into personal patterns and learn new strategies to express yourself more comfortably.

6. Celebrate Every Step Forward:
Finally, acknowledge that growth is gradual. Overcoming emotional repression is a process marked by small victories—each honest conversation, heartfelt poem, or vulnerable moment is a step closer to living and expressing your most authentic self.

By slowly cultivating emotional honesty, we learn to let go of the burdens we’ve been carrying quietly. In the process, we move closer to inner freedom, healthier relationships, and a life in which our true voice can finally be heard.

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TODAY'S POSITIVE NEWS

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ZEN STORY
GREAT WAVES

In the early days of the Meiji era there lived a well-known wrestler called O-nami, Great Waves.

O-nami was immensly strong and knew the art of wresting. In his private bouts he defeated even his teacher, but in public was so bashful that his own pupils threw him.

O-nami felt he should go to a Zen master for help. Hakuju, a wandering teacher, was stopping in a little temple nearby, so O-nami went to see him and told him of his great trouble.

“Great Waves is your name,” the teacher advised, “so stay in this temple tonight. Imagine that you are those billows. You are no longer a wrestler who is afraid. You are those huge waves sweeping everything before them, swallowing all in their path. Do this and you will be the greatest wrestler in the land.”

The teacher retired. O-nami sat in meditation trying to imagine himself as waves. He thought of many different things. Then gradualy he turned more and more to the feeling of waves. As the night advanced the waves became larger and larger. They swept away the flowers in their vases. Even the Buddha in the shrine was inundated. Before dawn the temple was nothing but the ebb and flow of an immense sea.

In the morning the teacher found O-nami meditating, a faint smile on his face. He patted the wrestler’s shoulder. “Now nothing can disturb you,” he said. “You are those waves. You will sweep everything before you.”

The same day O-nami entered the wrestling contests and won. After that, no one in Japan was able to defeat him.

OUR GIFT TO YOU

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Today you get our Body Love Journal Prompts. The 365 Body Love Journal Prompts are here to help you improve your relationship with your body, see yourself as more than just your body or weight, and boost your self-love. Simply download, print and begin working through these body love/body positivity, self love and shadow work journal prompts.

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YOGAPEDIA
Pose Dedicated To Sage Koundinya A (Koundinyasana A)

What is Pose Dedicated To Sage Koundinya A?

Pose Dedicated to Sage Koundinya A, or koundinyasana A (and sometimes eka pada koundinyasana I) in Sanskrit, is a challening arm balance and twisting pose. The practitioner uses core strength to balance on his hands, one leg twisting underneath the torso to the side and the other leg reaching straight back.

Instructions

• Begin squatting.

• Exhale and twist the torso to the left. Place the hands on the floor beside the left leg. Bend the elbows.

• Shift forward and rest the left thigh on the right upper arm. Stack the right leg above it.

• Inhale and reach the right leg back.

• Breathe while holding the pose.

• Inhale and bring the legs together. Exhale and lower them to the floor. Change sides.

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