Educating myself in all things holistic is something I’ve taken quite a liking to. Perhaps my enjoyment in exploring the wellness community stems from countless poor experiences with traditional, Western medicine, and over the last few years, I’ve lost a tremendous amount of respect in the traditional medical community. As opposed to solely relying on conventional medicine treatments, I prefer to explore naturopathic alternatives beforehand to navigate my options and settle on the best decision and choice for me and my body.
I’ve been hearing more and more about emotional release in the past few years, and because the concept intrigues me, I wanted to investigate its intricacies. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, not to worry. It isn’t overly complicated.
Emotional release refers to the practice of purging, or ridding the body of pent-up emotion. It’s typically used to remove negative emotions from the body, like anger, frustration, sadness, loneliness, etc. I could be wrong in saying this, but I don’t believe the practice is used to purge the body of positive emotions.
I consider emotional release, in theory, to make a lot of sense. Humans have a tendency, whether it be willingly or unwillingly, to shunt unpleasant emotions toward the deepest and darkest corners of our subconscious. Negative emotions are unpleasant, hence why our natural instinct is to avoid them. The issue, however, when we internalize serious negative emotions over an extended period of time, is that they can begin to take a toll on our bodies in a physical manner. This is where emotional release comes into play.
Emotional release can be performed individually or by someone else. If exercised individually, some forms of it include exercise, yoga positions, or even stretches. If done by someone else, from videos I’ve seen, some of the movements are similar to what a chiropractor would do.
Neat stuff.
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