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In this episode, the social justice educator and activist Jacoby Ballard talks about a universal, or near universal, issue: anger. And, he offers us two mental skills that can help channel anger into something even more powerful and effective. Those skills are forgiveness and equanimity.

Ballard is a meditation and yoga teacher and the author of a new book called, A Queer Dharma: Yoga and Meditations for Liberation

Content Warnings: There are some brief references to sensitive topics, including trauma and suicide.

In this episode we talk about:

How he went from an activist largely fueled by anger to a dharma teacher with a very different approach
The sometimes useful role of anger in activism and the danger of being stuck in anger mode
The subtle but powerful move of getting in touch with what is beneath our anger
Using annoyance as a jumping off point for inner investigation
Ways to work with anger and learning to discharge the energy in our body
Forgiveness, including forgiving ourselves
Getting over our need to be right
Equanimity, or as Jacoby calls it, his “tussle with equanimity”

Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/jacoby-ballard-470

An Episode About Anger | Jacoby Ballard