Open up Your Heart for a Healthier Life
>> Tuesday, March 23, 2010 –
Confidence,
Health Tips
I am sure that you know at least few people who are experts at hiding their feelings and emotions. If they are hurt by someone they store that feeling somewhere inside their heart. Similarly if they are happy they are too afraid to express that in front of others. These are the types of people who are most likely to suffer from various diseases like stress, constipation, palpitations, blood pressure disorders, nervous disorders and cancer. Though there can be other reasons to fall ill, suppressing your emotions is a major reason of the diseases.
Other problems which happens is, these kind of persons are afraid to take decisions and face the world which make it quite difficult for them to progress in professional fields also.
There is a direct relation between the mind and the body. The emotions which are suppressed keep building up in the mind and in the body and this leads to diseases. When we express our emotions those are more like to be freed from the body and the mind. If someone hurts you, do not be afraid to mention this to that person even if that person is quite close to you. You may though you may express this politely. This way the negative emotion will not keep on building inside you.
Sometime people hold back their emotions because they are afraid of confrontations. The fact is if you tell the other person about the hurt he/she has caused you may gain in two ways. Number one if the other person may also have been hurt by some of your actions and they would like to explain in a better manner once you open up. Number two it will make the other person more sensitive about your feelings and they may take care not to hurt you in future. In both the situations you stand to gain from expressing your emotions.
Hurt is not the only feeling which is hidden by people. Some people are also afraid of expressing their joy and happiness. If the entire group is singing or dancing then also they are afraid of joining the group. Remember when you express your joy it increases where as suppressing the sorrow also increases it. They are unable to enjoy the great achievements or any other news of joys.
Why Do People Suppress their emotions
Most of the people who suppress their feeling are because they lack self confidence and it mainly has to do with the way they have grown up. It is always easy to hide your feelings and retreat to isolation.
Childhood abuse or loosing parents early in life or facing lot or trauma also leads to these kinds of problems.
In many cultures females are suppressed and they are told to control their emotions, especially the happier ones. This creates a permanent problem for these females and sometimes expressing joy starts creating guilt.
How to Open up Your Heart?
In this kind of cases it is important to provide constant encouragement and positive feedback to the person.
Including physical activities like Yoga and dancing and bring about a major changes in the thought patterns. In yoga back bends are extremely useful as it opens up the heart region and so is Surya Namaskar. Surya Namaskar will drain out the negative emotions from the body. Such people may avoid forward bending poses. Practicing yoga poses for few months will bring about a huge change and gradually the personality will change.
For back bending poses following poses may be tried.
1. Sphinx Pose
2. Snake Pose (Sarpasana)
3. Bhujanga Asana (Cobra Pose)
