"Emotions in essence, are just pure energy but because of dualistic perception, we identify the emotion as “me” and it gets very locked in . . . [t]he energy gets frozen.” ~ Pema Chödrön, ordained nun of the Shambala Buddhist lineage, excerpted from her book How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind (Sounds True, 2013) and published in Tricycle, (The Buddhist Review), Summer 2013. If you have embarked on the journey of releasing emotional baggage thr