Do they keep hurting you, or do you keep putting yourself in a position to be hurt? Are you angry at them for treating you the way they do, or are you really angry at yourself for continuing to let your boundaries be crossed and disrespected? I journey’d to find my own answers to these questions during Dakota Adan’s guided journal exercise in his EXPRESSING ANGER class in the EMBODY folder. I found myself first writing a “Fuck you” letter to the person of my choice, and once my actual guts had spilled onto the page, glistening with hurt, rage and anger, Dakota directed me to go through and edit out the other persons name, replacing it with my own. He then had me read it back. Whoa. That hit different. Who was I really angry at? Was I really angry at this other person for continuing to disrespect me, or was I angry at myself for continuing to show up heart open and exposed in front of an archer with a fixed bow? Anger is a messenger. A personal gift. So often we think our anger is meant for the other person or situation that is making us angry. But maybe our anger is just for us. Maybe it is telling us what needs to change, what’s not in alignment; what we deserve. Maybe we’re the one’s we’re angry at. Which is okay, and ideal really. Because we also have all the power. We can walk away. We can step out from in front of the fixed bow. We can free ourselves, forgive, and move forward 🖤 WHO HAS TAKEN THIS CLASS!? WHAT DID YOU THINK!? If you haven't taken it yet, you can find it in the EMBODY folder. Get ready to write, move, express. Such a beautiful journey.

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