Emotions are evolutionarily baked into us. There’s an intelligence to them that can be our ally. I share why I value this evolutionary perspective and how it might help us understand the high degree of emotional energy in our collective nervous system right now.

How do you know when you’re feeling a particular emotion? Core emotions live in the body so body-based clues and practices offer us tools to better answer this question. We can cultivate our ability to perceive sensations due to emotions inside our body. We can grow our interoception.

My story of being humbled and taught by yoga. How yogic practices help to cultivate the art of compassionate, nonjudgmental observation. This coupled with emotional literacy is a powerhouse of skills for us feelers. The convergence of wisdom traditions and science is alive and here to support us with the many normal feelings that come with being attuned and of service to the changes going on in our world.

How AEDP and the work of emotions educator Hilary Jacobs Hendel think about trauma: how defenses are born and its relationship with trauma, as well as how undoing aloneness is a crucial entry point for healing, and is something that emotions education offers.

The act of turning inward and exploring emotions is no small feat. Society has taught us to block and misunderstand our emotions. I know it firsthand. Luckily research on emotions abounds! I share my story and why I got trained in the emotions 101 curriculum I did. Sense of responsibility and ethics.

Is the answer so much a “yes or no?” Or more of a “how and when?” Join my new Emotions 101 with Yoga course to unpack and explore this even more.