Brad Schipke walks through releasing trapped emotions by first deeply relaxing your body, then scanning for tension and letting feelings surface. He compares the process to vomiting: temporary discomfort, then relief.
Emotional release coincides with physical relaxation. So the more things that you can do, whatever it might be— it might be taking a hot shower and then relaxing in bed, it might be doing a progressive muscle relaxation exercise— whatever it is, get your body into the most relaxed state possible. And then you want to scan your body for any more tension, isolate where that tension is in your body, and then consciously relax that spot so you get an even deeper relaxation. And then from that relaxing point, what you will find is that emotions start to bubble up, Right? So the technique is to get yourself into the most physically relaxed state and then to just relax into the emotion even further. So all emotions start to bubble up. When they bubble up, be prepared because you're going to have to release it all. But once you release it, it's going to feel good. Releasing emotions is just like throwing up. It sucks in the moment, but then you feel amazing afterwards. So know that you need to release emotions to properly heal. But this is a way to help you get in touch with those emotions. If you want some more guides, feel free to check out my school community and you can try it for free.
