Many of us have received and embodied the message that “being emotional” is not a good thing — that it is counter to our interests and the interests of those around us, and that it doesn’t help us resolve problems or live the life we want to live.

When this message is active inside us, any display or acknowledgment of emotion can be misconstrued as weakness or as a shameful loss of composure.

As a result, many of us have tried to create distance between ourselves and our emotions. We’ve estranged ourselves from our emotions, especially the so-called “negative” ones. We’ve tried to bundle up for living on the frozen tundra of reason, and in the process we’ve exiled ourselves to an inner Siberia of isolation from the flow of our own life force and the source of our deepest wisdom — the native language of our hearts.

But the heart is always speaking to us and calling us home (if only in the softest whisper), inviting us in from the cold to the warm light of the soul. The emotions — all 17 of them — are the beacons calling out to guide us, communicating in their own unique ways with their vital messages, insights, and motivating energies.

We invite you to a 10-week exploration of your emotions: Welcome Home with instructors Randall Buskirk and Gregg Rozeboom starts February 21st at Empathy Academy.

To get more information and register, click here.