Emotional Alchemy Short Course Powerpoint.pptx

What is Emotional Alchemy?
Alchemy is a seemingly magical
process of transformation, creation,
or combination, fundamentally
creating something else from
the original ingredients.
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Emotions have come to have a
bad reputation in present times.
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But E-motion is simply energy in
motion, chemical/electrical energy
moving through your body in
response to your environment,
experience and explanation of it all.
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Emotional
Alchemy is the
transforming of
our e-motions into
the powerful life
giving presence
they were always
meant to be.
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Story
Self
Image
Senses
Emotion
We separate
ourselves from our
connected open heart
in the ongoing attempt
to protect it.
We can cultivate
our reconnection by
recognizing and
releasing all that
blocks us from it.

So How Do I Alchemize Emotions?
Recognize the
“ingredients” in
the recipe of
your e-motions.
01
Evolve each
“ingredient” to
create a better
mix of e-motions
02
Explore
different
combinations to
find what works
best for you.
03
Repeat Refine
Repeat Refine
Repeat Refine
04
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# 1
Get to know the
ingredients
•Beliefs
•Values
•Spiritual support
•Surrender/trust
•Concept of Life
•Role models
•Social support
•Relationships
•Cultural Expectations
•Community
•Attitudes
•Past experience
•Automatic thoughts
•Mood
•Explanatory style
•Cognition
•Perception
•Breathing
•Sleeping
•Eating
•Movement
•Chemistry
•Nature
•Genetics
Biogenic Psychogenic
Spiritogenic
Sociogenic
Your emotions are the result of
the complex combination of
many “ingredients”.
YOU CAN ALTER OR REPLACE
THESE TO TRANSFORM YOUR
E-MOTIONAL EXPERIENCE.
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Examples of the problems and
possibilities with emotional ingredients.
BIOGENIC
These are the biological issues that
create problematic or positive
emotional experience.
 Ongoing exhaustion and brain
chemistry imbalances problematic
 I have medication and meditation
to help me be calm my brain and
create rest and relaxation positive
PSYCHOGENIC
These are the psychological workings that
contribute to problematic or positive
 The Pandora Problem – thinking that if I
ever let my feelings out of the box they’ll
destroy the world and I won’t be able to
get them back in. problematic
 Thinking I have overcome many things.
positive
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Examples of the problems and
possibilities with emotional ingredients.
SOCIOGENIC
These are the interpersonal environmental
factors that create problematic or positive
 Living in an emotion phobic culture
problematic
 Participating in a support group positive
SPIRITOGENIC
These are the spiritual ideas and factors
that contribute to problematic or positive
 Believing we are alone and separate
problematic
 Connected to something bigger and
perhaps beyond ourselves
positive
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PRIMARY PROBLEMATIC LIFE PRACTICES
PREVENTING EMOTIONAL PRESENCE
& SOME POSSIBLE EVOLVED ALTERNATIVES
 RESISTANCE OPENNESS – How can I open to, accept and lean into this circumstance?
 REACTIVITY RESPONSIVITY - How can I pause and plan my proactive response
 AVOIDING ATTEND AND BEFRIEND How can I contact my current experience compassionately?
 ATTACKING IDENTIFYING WITH – What are they feeling and when have I felt that?
 FIXING, FIGURING ALLOWING EVOLUTION – How can I wait in peace for the right moment to act?
 SEPARATION SOURCING SUPPORT – What do I need to feel safe feeling this?
 CONTROL CURIOSITY – What is happening in me; Senses, Images, Feelings, Thoughts
 OVERWHELM PAUSE FOR PEACE – How can I create more ease in this particular moment?
 BLAME OWNERSHIP – How can I assume compassionate ownership of my experience?
 DESPAIR HOPE – How can I put down the past and cultivate a positive present response
Using questions about possible positive peaceful paths can trigger a wondering about things rather than a worrying about things.
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#2 EVOLVING THE INGREDIENTS of E-MOTION
TRANSFORM THE INGREDIENTS THAT IMPACT YOUR EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE
 RECOGNITION - awareness of the input/effect of the ingredient
 RESOURCING - resources to support transformation of the ingredient
 RELAXATION - creating the physical state required for transformation
 REGULATION - strategies re-regulate body reactions to the ingredient
 RELATING - evolving a positive relation to the ingredient
 RE-VISIONING - evolving new perception of this ingredient and it’s role
 RE-PATTERNING - consciously planning and practicing new patterns
 REPETITION - repeating positively evolved ingredient pattern reactions
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EXAMPLE OF
EVOLVING THE
INGREDIENTS
of E-MOTION
BIOLOGICAL
REACTIVITY TO
HARSH OR
MEAN
COMMENTS
TRANSFORMING THE INGREDIENTS THAT IMPACT YOUR
EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE
 RECOGNITION - my heart rate increases greatly, only
confusion or obsession, agitated, I am
definitely having an emotional reaction.
 RESOURCING - practice HeartMath breathing
 RELAXATION - remind myself calming is central
 REGULATION - use the 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1 practice
 RELATING - this is a transformational opportunity
 RE-VISIONING - envision my neural network changing
 RE-PATTERNING - I’m safe, I can comment or withdraw
 REPETITION - alright another effective intervention
I am practicing until this is the default
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# 3
E-motion can
deform, inform
and transform.
Your intention
determines what
will happen.
What combinations of
e-motional ingredients will
work best for you?
Everyone’s best “recipe”
will be unique and will
work best with ongoing
evolution.
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The relationship to emotion that most people choose,
consciously or by default, is resistance. But it is like resisting
life itself, you feel empty, alone and eventually overwhelmed.
What you resist doesn’t just persist, it possesses your life
without your permission! You also lose the energy of your
e-motions and a possible path to peace in your life.
How about instead you;
- expand your idea of what the purpose and possibilities of e-
motion are.
- choose to be a conscious and curious creator of your
- constantly explore and evolve your emotional experience to
your liking.
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PRACTICAL SKILLFUL E-MOTION EVOLVERS
 SAY YES, OK, I CONSENT, I CHOOSE - end the war against emotion, yourself, life as it is
 PICK IT UP AND PUT IT DOWN - practice consciously opening and closing to the flow of emotion
 ASK WHAT IS NEEDED - address yourself, your soul, the emotion itself
 GENTLE TOUCH - hand on the heart hand on the belly, patting, stroking your face or your arm
 PHYSIOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE – heating/cooling , stretching, walking, rocking, healthy drink/food, quiet
 NATURE – go outside, particularly with trees, we are part of nature and it is built to regulate our bodies
 CHANGE POSITION – lay down, stand up, lay on the floor with your feet up the wall, yoga poses
 WRITE, TALK, SEND IT OUT – obsessive thought slows with recording or witnessing by safe people
 CHANGE THE PICTURE IN YOUR HEAD – images are powerful, create a library of peaceful pictures
 RELAXATION, MINDFULNESS OR OTHER MEDITATION AUDIOS – positive recorded brain washing
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All these practices need to be uniquely personalized to you and your current circumstances.

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WHY IS IT
SO HARD
TO FEEL
E-MOTION?
We believe we shouldn’t have to feel uncomfortable.
We haven’t learned how to do it effectively!
We believe we are doing life wrong if we feel bad.
We feel some fierce emotions and get afraid of them.
We don’t believe we have the ability to move through it.
We are unfamiliar with the full range of our e-motions.
Addiction to sensory relief and sensory highs is the norm.
We are a society of head dwellers and have lost our body
wisdom that can help us through emotional experience.
Living out of touch with whole selves makes us feel sad, bad
and alone, reinforcing the delusion that relief resides outside us.
(and yes there will come a point to deal with actual external
problems, but many disappear with more emotional stability!)
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Your Emotion is Not
the Problem
The Problem is Not the
Problem
Your Approach can
be a Problem.
What Positive Practice
will you choose to
take with you today?
What are your worst and best e-motional ingredients?
What plans do you have to evolve problematic ones and
exploit positive ones?
 What scares you most about exploring your e-motions?
What positive psychogenic story do you want to tell about
your ability to evolve your emotions?
What is your plan or practice to meet difficult emotional
experience?
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# 4
Some Initial Suggestions for Ongoing
E-motional Exploration, Evolution & Alchemy
HOW TO EFFECTIVELY EXPLORE E-MOTION
1. Make a plan about how you will start, share and stop experiencing emotion.
2. Make the plan externally operational – have cue cards, recorded audio and support.
Most of us lose our minds when we feel big emotions – reminders are good resources.
3. Make the point to just be with what ever experience appears. (Not to get rid of it!).
4. Practice on small moments and feelings first and build up to harder situations slowly.
5. Celebrate and share your successes, fears and flops with others on this path. Daily
reviews of your e-motional experiences are excellent to clarify and correct your course.
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