“Sure on this shining night
of star made shadows round
kindness must watch for me
this side the ground”
~Morten Lauridsen~

When I started doing yoga back in 2021 I often did a video called Yin Yoga for Anger. I liked this particular girl because she included affirmations along with her videos. Whenever you changed positions she would say a new affirmation you were supposed to repeat. The anger one included lines such as “I am a calm and loving person” and “I allow feelings to flow through me without attachment.”

But the one that would always stand out to me most was the one that said, “I let go of old past hurts with ease”. Every time I said it my body would shake. I thought it might have been a protesting demon. You had to lay on your back in be in a half “happy baby” position. It was a shake like a jolting shock-wave trying to get all of the crushed up leaves out. It would shake as if to say, “Here’s what your problem is.”

Along with the anger I also did one for grief. I don’t remember as much about that one other than that I was always sore the next day. I would alternate between days, one for the anger and one for grief. I guess in ancient Chinese medicine, grief is stored in the lungs and anger stored in the liver. Whatever it was, it helped in some very hard times. It may not be a cure, but can still help with management.