How do we work with the energy of aggression?
From the perspective of the creature of the body to the underhanded workings of passive-aggression, Jeannie talks about the anatomy of aggression and how to make the energies that drive it conscious in order to integrate one's life energy and power with the heart.
Exchange 1: Participant wants to inquire into the potential for hidden aggression in teasing. Jeannie talks about teasing out and making conscious the underlying energies under our playfulness.
Exchange 2: Participant wants support for staying present without judgment for the healthy yang or charge from others when trauma is triggered. Jeannie talks about playing in the realm of choice as a helpful tool in approaching trauma areas, as well as some strategies for how to navigate the situation in real time.
Exchange 3: Participant wants help for situation where she's aware she wants to hurt another and feels she cannot stop herself. Jeannie helps her feel welcome as a heart, rather than seeing her only as the perpetrator pattern she struggles with. She talks about the self-condemnation and shame that can go with such a pattern, and walks her through some of the layers for consciousness to meet what is fueling the pattern.DS
Exchange 4: Participant inquires into hate that rises when a coworker expresses warmth at their connection.