Anger is a reaction to betrayal, sadness, and yearning, and our bodies remember it and store it deep within us. Anger needs to be expressed healthily without violence and with care. Instead of trying to suppress or avoid anger, we can try to see it with softness. Where is the rage coming from? What wounds is anger trying to protect? And how should we release this energy from our body safely and responsibly?
We must commit to building a world where we can all experience the freedom of nonviolent expressive rage in safety. We need to build a place that does not define justice as seeking revenge, punishing, and replicating harm. We can learn from the masters of qì gōng (气功) who move and release the stored sacred energy that lives within us. While we breathe life into the vitality of anger, we must also allow that breath to flow into all our being, and to go deeper into the wounds that need tender tending to.