Tennis anger hack
Anger – we all encounter it on the court. Whether it’s you, your partner, or opponent, tennis is not always the polite society game in floor-length dresses and tea.
Emotions are a part of the game, and it can be fun to watch the highs and lows of a match unfold.
It’s just that anger triggers the triple warmer meridian. Meridians are energy pathways that run along the body, and when they’re out-of-balance they cause stress in the body. Then your mind has less clarity.
There’s nothing wrong with activating triple warmer. It’s natural. It governs your fight or flight response. When you’re in danger, it pulls energy from other meridians to fight off the danger or help you run.
If triple warmer is activated, the energy that would help you strategize or play calmly is only focused on the danger and not ideal tennis performance.
When you or your partner becomes angry, triple warmer is gearing for a fight, so your body is stressed. In order to have the optimal energy flow in your body, it’s necessary to calm triple warmer down.
A simple way you can do this it to put your hand with your palm facing your body, and use a finger on your other hand to tap in the crease between your pinky and ring finger on the back of your hand, where it looks like a point of a triangle.
You’re tapping a point along the triple warmer meridian, and it’s great for stressful situations. If your partner is angry, and their love language is physical touch, then this would be an extra bonus for your partner if you tapped this area on them to help them calm down.
This is also a great trick if you or a loved one is afraid of flying. You can tap this area of your hand to calm yourself on the plane, on the sly.
It’s always good to balance the energies, so tap this area on both hands. It doesn’t have to be long. The time between points is plenty.
Unfortunately, triple warmer is often out-of-balance in today’s society because we’re inundated with a variety of things from which the body knows we’re in danger – from news stories to chemicals we consume.
You might not even realize how stressed your body is, until you feel the difference after doing this technique. And you can even take it wherever you go. Happy tapping!
