Tara Brach Quotes About Emotions

Quotes about: Emotions

• I recently read in the book My Stroke of Insight by brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor that the natural life span of an emotion—the average time it takes for it to move through the nervous system and body—is only a minute and a half. After that we need thoughts to keep the emotion rolling. So if we wonder why we lock into painful emotional states like anxiety, depression, or rage, we need look no further than our own endless stream of inner dialogue.

  Tara Brach

  Moving, Book, Emotional

• The emotion of fear often works overtime. Even when there is no immediate threat, our body may remain tight and on guard, our mind narrowed to focus on what might go wrong. When this happens, fear is no longer functioning to secure our survival. We are caught in the trance of fear and our moment-to-moment experience becomes bound in reactivity. We spend our time and energy defending our life rather than living it fully.

  Tara Brach

  Focus, Survival, Mind

• It may sound lovey-dovey, but there's research showing the positive effect of meditation on parts of the brain that control emotion.

  Tara Brach

  Meditation, Brain, Sound

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• With the first out breath, you are releasing worries, plans, mental tensions. With the second out breath, you are releasing physical tightness and tension. With the third out breath, you are releasing difficult emotions.

  Tara Brach

  Worry, Firsts, Emotion

  "The stress of the holidays — and 2016 — may make this the perfect time to try meditation". www.washingtonpost.com. December 5, 2016.

• Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.

  Tara Brach

  Body, Emotion, Interaction

  Source: www.tarabrach.com

• Stories can be a jumping-off point to access the emotions and the sensations in the body.

  Tara Brach

  Jumping, Stories, Body

  Source: www.tarabrach.com

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