Answering the question, “Is it possible to celebrate misery?”
“This is a wrong attitude that has been given to you—that sadness is wrong. Nothing is wrong with it. It is another polarity of life.
Happiness is one pole, sadness is another. Blissfulness is one pole, misery is another. Life consists of both, and life is richer because of both.
A life only of blissfulness will have extension, but will not have depth. A life of only sadness, will have depth, but will not have extension. A life of both sadness and blissfulness is multi-dimensional; it moves in all dimensions together.
To me, life in its totality is good. And when you understand life in its totality, only then can you celebrate; otherwise not. Celebration means: whatsoever happens is irrelevant—I will celebrate. Celebration is not conditional on certain things: “When I am happy then I will celebrate”, or “When I am unhappy I will not celebrate”.
Celebration is unconditional; I celebrate life. It brings unhappiness—good, I celebrate it. It brings happiness—good, I celebrate it. Celebration is my attitude, unconditional to what life brings.”

From: Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega v.4 Chap. 10 “The Alchemy of Celebration”

It so often happens in the Winter holiday season that we go “home” or to relatives, parents, or loved ones—loaded not only with presents, but with all sorts of expectations, hopes, and unfulfilled longings from the past. The early darkness and cold weather conspire to bring up our deeper, darker layers of feeling.

• Give space to these sometimes troubling feelings in the safety of a closed space that can be yours for 1 hour.
• Be alone in a room, dimly lit and warm enough. Light a candle…
• Let each stage be either 5 minutes, or 10 or 15. Whatever fits for you at the moment, but four equal stages, totaling  20, 40, or 60 minutes.
• Use suitable music that touches you, for a background. Feel and express whatever needs to be thrown out from your body. Move whatever is energetically stuck inside, especially around the heart, the throat, and the belly.

Stage 1: Standing, Shaking, like in Kundalini Meditation.

Stage 2: Sitting or standing and Laughing out loud for no reason; and if tears are there, cry, weep, grieve for no reason, don’t force, and keep the body moving, let it change; either laughter or tears.

Stage 3: Sitting, Swaying like seaweed in the ocean — hug yourself and/or a pillow; softly say whatever your heart needs to say, to whomever.

Stage 4: Lie down, relax, be still and watchful.

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