Happiness Break: A Meditation to Move Through Anger

2026-07-09

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Try a practice in accepting difficult feelings like anger or irritation to help keep your cool, feel better overall, and find calm with contemplative social scientist Eve Ekman. How To Do This Practice: Settle with your breath: Take a few slow, deep breaths, lengthening your spine as you inhale and relaxing your face and body as you exhale. Notice your body: Scan your body with curiosity and observe any sensations without trying to change them. Recall a mild frustration: Bring to mind a recent situation that made you ...

Try a practice in accepting difficult feelings like anger or irritation to help keep your cool, feel better overall, and find calm with contemplative social scientist Eve Ekman.

How To Do This Practice:

Settle with your breath: Take a few slow, deep breaths, lengthening your spine as you inhale and relaxing your face and body as you exhale.
Notice your body: Scan your body with curiosity and observe any sensations without trying to change them.
Recall a mild frustration: Bring to mind a recent situation that made you feel slightly irritated or frustrated.
Release the story: Let go of the memory and focus only on where you feel the emotion in your body.
Give the emotion space: Allow the sensations to exist without judging or resisting them, noticing how they naturally shift over time.
Close with kindness: Take one final breath and remind yourself to meet future moments of anger with curiosity, acceptance, and compassion.