Dr. Aravind Padmaraju explains why understanding your emotions intellectually isn't enough to release them. Athletes like Cristiano Ronaldo and Michael Phelps use physical movement and breathing to process emotions during performance. Emotional Freedom Techniques work directly with tension in the body rather than fighting what you feel.
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Ronaldo is a bad player when he plays the football. Ronaldo is a good player when he plays the football with a presence of mind. But Ronaldo is a GOAT player when he plays with controlled emotions and the presence of mind. Sometimes you don't need to think your way through an emotion. You need to allow your body to process it. Think about elite performers like Cristiano Ronaldo. You don't see him preparing for a major match by sitting there and mentally analyzing every possible emotion. His preparation involves the body too, the movement, the breathing, the physical activation, and Michael Phelps became famous not only for the physical training but for the mental and the psychological preparation surrounding performance. Now you can understand exactly why you are angry. You can know where your fear is coming from. You can analyze the situation for hours and still feel that some tightness in your body. Because knowing something intellectually is not always the same as processing the emotion. That's why approaches like EFT work with the emotional experience itself. Sometimes healing begins when you stop fighting the emotion and allow yourself work through it. If you are carrying an emotion you can't seem to release, comment release. I will send you a free ticket to my 2 days of the Heal and Manifest Bootcamp.
