When mindfulness meditation was introduced as an aid for patients suffering from chronic pain, physicians were skeptical. Today, after countless successful trials and clinical studies demonstrating the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation, this gentle and potent practice is used in hundreds of hospitals and clinics across the country. On Break Through Difficult Emotions, meditation mentor Shinzen Young adapts the core principles of mindfulness training to the treatment of emotional suffering. You will learn powerful meditations for overcoming anger, grief, anxiety, shame, and the many other painful emotions we all experience. Four step-by-step exercises cover how to: Deconstruct any emotion into its harmless components Identify the location, shape, and flow of your emotions Melt frozen emotions into their natural, fluid state Untangle emotional confusion by watching your thoughts Transform negative emotions into positive ones, and more.