Emotions & Feelings

Objectives at a Glance

1. Emotions & Feelings Introduction

Be familiar with multiple perspectives on how to define emotions and feelings, common issues around emotions, and the significance and practicality of being more skilled at working with emotional energy.

2. List of Feelings

Be aware of a few core emotions, plus hundreds of words that can be used to describe how we feel.

3. Physiology of Emotion

Explore the aspects of the body’s anatomy and physiology that are directly associated with how we feel.

4. Suppression & Triggering

Be familiar with why and how people tend to judge and suppress so-called negative emotions, and related effects including overidentification, addiction, triggering. and “being a slave to emotions.”

5. Emotional Well-Being & Yoga

Be prepared to teach and explain how yogic practices support emotional well-being.

Emotions & Feelings Introduction