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bizi · 10-09-2008, 11:21 PM

How To Control Your Emotions When You Feel Out Of Control

"The technique, Cook's Hook-up, is part of an innovative and effective program called Educational Kinesthetics (Edu-K), which is being used successfully in schools throughout the country to help kids with learning disabilities. Edu-K uses exercises to alter programming in the brain, improve left brain-right brain functioning. The Cook's Hook-up technique is designed to balance the energy in your body. Strong emotions adversely affect the balance by increasing the energy above normal levels, and Cook's Hook-up stabilizes the energy and brings it back to normal. This is an extremely useful technique when you recover painful memories.

1. Sit comfortably in a chair or on a sofa with your feet on the floor in front of you.

2. Place your left leg on top of your right leg so that your left ankle is on top of your right knee.

3. Wrap your right hand around the top of your left ankle. Then grasp the toes of your left foot with your left hand. This is designed to make a complete circle of energy with your body.

4. Now place the tip of your tongue on the roof of your mouth, just behind your teeth. That is the position your tongue should be in when you breathe in. When you breathe out, your tongue should drop back into the bottom of your mouth and your mouth should be slightly open as you exhale through your mouth. So, you breathe in through your nose with the tip of your tongue at the roof of your mouth. Then drop your tongue to the bottom of your mouth and breathe out with your tongue relaxed and flat at the bottom of your mouth. Do this for thirty breaths.

5. Then let go of your ankle and foot and put both feet flat on the floor. Your legs should be uncrossed for this part. Spread the fingers of your hands and touch the tips of each of your fingers together (thumb to thumb and pinkie to pinkie, etc.). Rest your hands in your lap with the fingers touching. Again breathe as you did before, inhaling with your mouth closed and the tip of your tongue flat. Do this for another thirty breaths.

6. If you are really upset, you may need to do the steps for a slightly longer time. As the energy balances, you may notice a slight tingling in your hands and feet."