Hatha emotional pain release

[waterdragon541]

Looking to delve deeper into what happened yesterday? Began hatha yoga happy hips after a two year break. Deep stretches of all muscles n ligaments in hips, legs, lower back. Attended second class 15 minutes later of basic yoga. Emotions surfaced. I was downright angry, rebelling, did not want to walk out of class. I stayed and honored my body by lying down and going into a mellow state basically withdrew from the class. The anger had turned to emotional pain and started silently crying for 50 minutes. Our emotions become imbedded into our muscles. This is not the first time I have experienced this; happens at massages also.
Please explain further if you can.

[Clover]

Yep. There are issues in our tissues. Yoga can have that effect on people, not with everyone but it happens. An experienced Yogi will tell you that when something weighs on you mentally, it will likely weigh you down physically as well. If you have pent up emotion, it is very common for emotions to resurface in both Yoga and Meditation. There are certain asanas or poses that do provoke emotions. They say the energetic blocks are stored in tissues and muscles. If I remember correctly, feelings of anger usually occur with spinal related poses. Heartbreak and depression in the chest. Hips are related to built up emotional pain in general.

Just a tip, you may want to look into Chakras, Chakra cleansing,energy blocks, and Kundalini energy.

Give it time, it's most likely possible to happen again. Grounding and getting in tune with nature helps a lot.