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Hi missy,

The best way to describe feeling emotions (physically) is when you experience fear of heights.
Imagine yourself next to a vertical cliff and looking down. It is windy. If you step forward you fall to your death.

Close your eyes and imagine the scene. Do you feel a queezy feeling? A knot in your throat? A sensation in your stomach? Just feel it. That's feeling your emotions. In that case, the emotion is fear.

You need to feel the emotion in the body and disengage from the story of the emotion.

If we remain engaged with the story of the emotion, these thoughts tend to reinforce negativity and trauma. Rather than paying attention to it, we are consumed by it.

For example, if we are fearful, we usually focus on the story of what scared us.

We need to turn the attention away from the situation, and instead pay attention to what fear feels like. Instead of
focusing outward, we turn our attention inward.

Being mindful of our emotions allows them to unfold, process, and resolve themselves in their natural way.