Purpose: Practice letting a strong feeling rise and pass without fighting it or acting on it.
When to use: Use this when a feeling is building and you want to get through it without making it worse.
Worksheet prompts
- What is the feeling doing right now – building, peaking, or starting to drop?
- How strong is it right now?
- What will you do for the next ten minutes while it passes?
Something small: sit down, hold something cold, walk to the door and back. - Ten minutes later – where is the wave now?
You did not have to fight it. You waited, and it moved.