How do you get negative energy out of your body?

Life is heavy, there is no way around it, war, inflation, homelessness, a broken system… negative people and problems are all around and I believe it’s impossible to completely avoid the negative energy swirling around us.  When you feel it in your body (back, neck, jaw, and bones), how do you get it out?  

Here are a few things that I do, but what am I missing?  Progress over perfection my friends!  

       Exercise:

Music is one of my medicines.  I truly believe that dancing hard to 1 song will completely change your day.  Even swaying back and forth crying to a breakup song works!  This belief is what gets me on my bike and gets me to exercise classes.  I always feel lighter after a workout because I’m able to push pent up negative energy out of my body!

       Crying:

You’re carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders, giving yourself some grace and cry it OUT.  Tears are small, but carry so much weight/heaviness out of my body.

Breathe work:

Breathing in slowly until I feel my muscles relax at the very bottom of my spine & pelvic floor is my favorite breathing exercise and has helped me the most.  What’s yours?

Prayer/Meditation:

Give your pain and negative energy away!  I frequently give God my pain and troubles, which takes the negative energy out of my body.  Thank God, I don’t have to carry this heaviness around alone…

I recently heard someone say (maybe Jay Shetty) explain that prayer is how we speak to God and meditation is how God speaks to us.  I love that!  I’m still working on my meditation practice, but visualizing it as another direct way to listen to your higher power.  

Poops:  

Last because some people won’t get this far (haha), but NOT least… poop!

If you know eating something will make you feel like shit, not shit, or have the shits, DON’T DO IT.  Having healthy poops quite literally removes negative energy out of your body.

Love,

Bonnie