We call it.... Meditation.

How to Meditate on Anger:
1. Light a candle and set it in front of you.
2. Vegin in a comfortable meditation posture.
3. Close your eyes for the first part of this exercise.
4. Observe your breathing.
5. Acknowledge each inhale bringing energy to your body and each exhale releasing energy to others.
6. Be mindful of your breathing for several minutes.
7. Invite the anger you feel into your space. Focus on this anger. Acknowledge it. Observe how it feels in your body.
8. Open your eyes and focus on the flame of the candle. Consider the light of the candle to be an illumination of your personal awareness of your anger.
9. Transfer the anger you feel inside onto the light of the candle.
10. Observe your anger as it dances in the flame before you. Talk with it. Try to understand it. Spend as much time as you need experiencing this energy.
11. When you are done visiting with your anger for this meditation session, thank it.
12. Blow out the candle.
13. Close your eyes and take three, deep cleansing breaths.





How to Meditate on Sadness:
1. Begin in a comfortable meditation posture.
2. Close your eyes if you prefer.
3. Observe your breathing.
4. Acknowledge each inhale bringing energy to your body and each exhale releasing energy to others.
5.Be mindful of your breathing for several minutes.
6. Invite sadness you have felt into your body. Acknowledge it and observe it. Spend as much time as you need with it in this safe space.
7. Now imagine you are sitting beside a waterfall, but due to a drought, there is no water going over the falls. You hear nothing but silence.
8. Sit with this for a moment.
9. In the distance, you hear a thunderstorm. Feel the energy in the air.
10. Out of the silence, you hear the sound of a single water droplet, then another, and yet a third. Droplets of water begin to go over the falls. Perhaps you have been unable to cry with your sadness. These droplets may represent your unshed tears.
11. As the storm intensifies in the distance, the amount of water over the falls increases. Eventually, the drops turn into a steady stream, which becomes a heavy flow, and then raging water.
12. Observe the raging water for as long as is necessary. Note how your body feels as you experience the flow of water over the falls.
13. When you are ready to leave this visualization, take three deep, cleansing breaths. Return to the present moment.



Erin and I would like to thank Takami for putting up with our randomness and talking with us about our troubles. It felt good to be reassured that at least one person in the world doesn't think we are extremely and unavoidably weird.. when together (although it is a bit true).


TIP: Apparently meditation comes easier when balancing on your head. Erin had this information relayed from Andrew, and she said it worked.

WARNING: DO NOT laugh while attempting to balance on your head. It may cause in injury, and prolonged periods of excess giggling.