A Case of Unbridled Rage

06/14/23 • 21 min

When big emotions sweep through you, what do you do? How do you handle them?

Big emotions like rage can lead us to destroying the relationships that are important to us.

This episode explores the story of one of my students, Shahryar, who has a history of 'pent-up' aggression. This aggression led him to make choices he later regrets. He attempted to deal work out those feelings through forceful exercise. He 'smashed and mashed' the bad feelings out of himself. But that led to more problems. Through our Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement classes together, he has found a new resource for himself.

What you will hear in this episode:

Shahryar's new resource for being with difficult emotions.
Once again, how we do one thing is how do everything.
the limitations for forcefully fixing ourselves.
a difficult history of rage that can change.
what's behind the rage...
the importance of offering learning through direct experience.
the importance of the metaphors we use in describing our emotional experience.

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Hi, I’m Jeffrey.

I am a Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner and Filmmaker. I am the director of the upcoming documentary on the Feldenkrais Method.

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When big emotions sweep through you, what do you do? How do you handle them?

Big emotions like rage can lead us to destroying the relationships that are important to us.

What you will hear in this episode:

Shahryar's new resource for being with difficult emotions.
Once again, how we do one thing is how do everything.
the limitations for forcefully fixing ourselves.
a difficult history of rage that can change.
what's behind the rage...
the importance of offering learning through direct experience.
the importance of the metaphors we use in describing our emotional experience.

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Hi, I’m Jeffrey.

I am a Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner and Filmmaker. I am the director of the upcoming documentary on the Feldenkrais Method.

Stay connected and subscribe to the podcast. If you find this show helpful, please leave a 5 star review in your podcast player.

Download my free guide and join my newsletter: 9 Surprising Benefits of the Feldenkrais Method

Watch the Documentary Teaser Trailer: teaser.feldenkraismovie.com

Follow Me on Instagram: @expandyourability

Had an Aha? Let me know: [email protected]

Previous Episode

Why Movement? You Can Discern Quality More Easily

Discerning quality is essential to living life with choice and satisfaction.

You do this already when you turn off that Netflix show because it's just not good. Boring! Or maybe you're a mechanic and you're tuned into the sounds of the engine. That clunks not a good sound... You're attentive to quality when you type up that sensitive email to your client. You want to get the words just right. Am I sounding too aggressive?

What about discerning the quality in our own experience? Moshe Feldenkrais argues that we can more easily develop discernment through movement. That is what I explore on this this episode.

This series explores the 9 reasons for Why Movement? from Moshe Feldenkrais' book Awareness Through Movement. This episode is the second of nine.

Here is a sneak peek of what you will hear:

Why quality is important
The four aspects of our human experience: moving, sensing, feeling, thinking
Some of the qualities of movement
The importance of developing your discernment in all aspects
The advantages of movement

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Hi, I’m Jeffrey.

I am a Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner and Filmmaker. I am the director of the upcoming documentary on the Feldenkrais Method.

Stay connected and subscribe to the podcast.

Download my free guide: 9 Surprising Benefits of the Feldenkrais Method

Watch the DocumentaryTeaser Trailer: teaser.feldenkraismovie.com

Follow Me on Instagram: @expandyourability

Had an Aha? Let me know: [email protected]

Next Episode

Jeff Haller - Transcend Your History

My guest this week is Jeff Haller, a 40 year veteran Feldenkrais practitioner and trainer of other practitioners.

Jeff Haller chose the Feldenkrais Method over many other professions, including aikido, psychotherapy, and basketball coaching because he believed this method was singular in helping people transcend their history. He's a generous and compassionate teacher.

In this episode you will hear:

Jeff Haller's professional explorations into basketball coach, aikido, psychotherapy, yoga teacher, taichi, massage therapy, physical therapy.
The Feldenkrais® Method as 'keystone' learning principles to bring to any other field.
Feldenkrais' early students were concentration camp survivors.
"Our neurosis is hidden in our muscular habit".
How are personalities become associated with our history of self-protection.
finding the same sense of composure through 45min of Feldenkrais that people seek for years in meditation.
The amazing lightness of a 'pure' state of being when our compulsive past is set aside.
Choosing wholeness over our unconscious past.

It's filled to the brim. You might want to listen to this one a few times... :D

Jeff Haller is a Feldenkrais Practitioner. Jeff Haller studied directly with Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, the founder of the Feldenkrais Method®. He graduated from his professional training program in 1983. His primary focus is training others to become Feldenkrais practitioners. He's been actively engaged in this work for 40 years. Jeff Haller lives in the Seattle, Washington area.

Jeff Haller: [email protected]

Jeff Haller's Website: https://www.insidemoves.org/

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Hi, I’m Jeffrey.

I am a Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner and Filmmaker. I am the director of the upcoming documentary on the Feldenkrais Method.

Stay connected and subscribe to the podcast.

Download my free guide (plus join my newsletter): 9 Surprising Benefits of the Feldenkrais Method

Watch the DocumentaryTeaser Trailer: teaser.feldenkraismovie.com

Follow Me on Instagram: @expandyourability

Had an Aha? Questions? Let me know: [email protected]