Do you think about emotional intelligence as a mental quality or a physical quality?

Did you know the quality of your breath is directly connected to experiences of irritation, defensiveness, anxiety, and many other emotional states?

So many of us carry repressed and trapped emotions within multiple areas of our bodies, without even knowing it. In fact, we can go for years, even decades, completely oblivious to the blocked energy our muscles are holding on to. No matter how much you try to ignore, intellectualize or suppress how you feel, your body knows the truth.

Here is a simple list of some things to pay attention to when stress arises within.

Embodied Energetics provides an archive of resources.