This workshop is designed for anyone who would benefit from improving their relationship with anger, which is frankly most of us! From a young age we are taught many things about the so-called negative emotion of anger and many of us have a complicated relationship with anger today. Anger, because of destructive rage, is misunderstood in our culture,  A healthy relationship with anger is key and unprocessed anger has countless emotional and psychological consequences, and can also manifest in our bodies as:

• Digestion problems, such as abdominal pain

• Neck, shoulder, and hip tension

• Fatigue, stress, difficulty sleeping

• Difficulty breathing, shallow breath

• Headaches

• High blood pressure

• Chronic Illness

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Certified Yoga Instructor, Jill Hogan and Registered Psychotherapist Emma Heutschi, have thoughtfully designed and structured a workshop that will guide participants utilizing evidence-based research and mind/body strategies to:

• Understand and build new beliefs to accept the emotion of anger

• Effectively be with and process anger assertively

• Utilize the gifts of anger to get what you need and keep out what you don’t

• Learn how to use it constructively, so we aren’t taking it out on ourselves or others

• Confront barriers and unlearn beliefs that are standing in our way

• Recognize anger in our bodies and how we can use breath and yoga to assist in processing- and how to bring these skills into your daily life

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We will be discussing:

• What is anger and why/ when does it arise?

• Understanding our anger responses and how they often develop in childhood.

• What happens when we trap anger inwards?

• How can we physically recognize anger in our bodies and how can that be a superpower?

• Anger is a very effective emotional indicator. How can we recognize when anger is constructive vs. destructive? How can we transform anger into something life-giving: courage, love, change, compassion, justice?

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What to expect:

• This group will help us to look more critically at the rules we have set for ourselves and anger.

• Safe, structured environment where we will explore anger physically 

• Active participation in discussions is completely optional

• Personal sharing encouraged but totally optional

• Powerpoint presentation, at-home strategies included