Lesson 5 Embracing Strong Emotions

Using a powerful teaching from Buddhist Psychology on how our minds work, in this session we do a deep dive into the how to really be with and soothe strong emotions, which can be so painful and disruptive in times of change. We learn, and practice in the meditation, how we can access mindfulness to help us recognize whatever painful emotion is arising, accept it, and then embrace it like a loving adult would hold a crying baby. As we do this, our emotion settles down and we are able to look deeply to understand it at its root in the deeper layers of our mind. This leads us to insight and gradual transformation of habit patterns that keep us stuck in reactivity, fear and anger.