The Sedona Method is a simple, powerful, easy-to-learn technique that shows you how to let go of any negative, unwanted or painful feelings you may be experiencing at any particular moment. It consists of a series of questions you ask yourself that lead your awareness to focus on what you’re feeling in the moment and gently guide you toward letting it go.
Everyone is born with the natural ability to let go of negative feelings and emotions. However, we inadvertently get trained out of it when we’re children by the adults that surround us. The Sedona Method shows us how to regain the ability to release unwanted feelings and emotions, on the spot. In addition, it shows us how to let go of any limiting beliefs that may be holding us back.
Sedona Method graduates worldwide have reported the following results:
- Greater financial freedom and success.
- Improved relationships.
- Reduced stress levels.
- Freedom from depression, anxiety, fear, anger, and other emotional challenges.
- More energy.
- Greater self-esteem.
- Getting rid of bad habits and self-sabotaging behavior.
- Better health and a sense of vitality.
- Getting better sleep.
- And much, much more.
You can “let go” of years of mental programs and accumulated feelings in just seconds using the Sedona Method’s unique techniques. When an unwanted emotion or feeling of resistance comes up, you simply release it. With the limiting feeling out of the way, you’re free to create any result you desire, whenever you want.
There are few techniques out there that are as effective as the Sedona Method in removing both conscious and unconscious barriers in your life. Continue reading below to find out more about the Sedona Method.
The Sedona Method in a Nutshell
Pick up a pen. Hold it in front of you and really grip it tightly. If you hold the pen long enough, it starts to feel uncomfortable, yet familiar. Now open your hand and roll the pen around in it.
Notice that you’re the one holding on to it; it’s not attached to your hand. At any moment you can drop the pen and it would fall to the floor. The same is true of your feelings and emotions: they’re not attached to you and at any moment you can simply choose to let them go.
Simply put, the Sedona Method consists in focusing on what you want to feel better about and then allowing yourself to really feel the emotion that is present. The goal is to welcome the feeling and let it be whatever it is. Then, you ask yourself the following three questions:
- Could I let this feeling go?
- Would I let this feeling go? (Am I willing to let this feeling go?)
- If so, when?
Repeat these three questions to yourself until you feel lighter and you feel less tension from the problem, issue, or feeling you’re releasing on.
We tend to over-identify with our feelings and emotions. Instead of saying “I feel sad” or “I feel angry”, we have a tendency to say “I am sad” or “I am angry”. That is, we say “I am the emotion.”
However, every emotion that you have is separate from you, and you can choose to release it at any moment. This is so no matter how justified the emotion might be, or how solid it feels, or how good a story you’ve come up with of why this is exactly the way in which you should feel. You can let it go.
Use The Sedona Method to Stop Suppressing Your Emotions
Some people cope with negative emotions by suppressing them. They simply try to deny them or pretend that they’re not there by focusing on something else. People who have a tendency to deny their feelings hope that by not thinking about them, the negative emotions will simply go away. However, negative emotions that are not outwardly expressed or dealt with effectively, turn inward.
This response to unwanted feelings can cause hypertension, high blood pressure, or even severe depression. In addition, many people who suppress their negative emotions tend to have addictive behaviors, such as overeating, gambling, drinking, tuning out in front of the television set, and so on. These things temporarily make them feel better since it allows them to escape from their emotions for the time being.
If you have a tendency to suppress negative emotions, you need to find ways to release these emotions instead of burying them. Pretending that the emotion is not there is a form of resistance toward the emotion.
Hale Dwoskin, one of the founders of The Sedona Method, has the following to say about releasing negative emotions:
- “The instant you stop resisting any negative emotion… is the instant it gives up its hold over you. So, welcome the feeling and then let it go. This frees up space for you to begin feeling good – feeling the peace that you truly are.”
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Use The Sedona Method to Express Your Emotions Appropriately
At the other end of the spectrum are inappropriate expressions of negative emotions. Suppose that you feel that you’ve been wronged, taken advantage of, or otherwise treated unfairly in some way. As a result, you feel angry. Anger produces a physiological response in the body:
- Your heart rate increases.
- Blood rushes to your limbs.
- A rush of hormones such as adrenaline increases the energy necessary for action.
This physiological response creates tension, and letting anger out by yelling and screaming can momentarily provide some release from said tension. However, an aggressive response rarely solves the underlying problem; instead, it will likely escalate the situation and lead to even more anger, tension, and aggression.
The Sedona Method will help you diffuse the anger caused by any given situation. By lessening the intensity of your anger you will put yourself in a position from which you can act in a constructive and assertive manner, and communicate your feelings and needs effectively, instead of lashing out at others and acting in a way that does not serve you well.
You can release anger–or other negative emotions–quickly by using the Sedona Method in all of the following situations:
- When you’re in a meeting with your boss and he or she is saying something that’s making your skin crawl.
- When you’re driving and you suddenly get cut off by another driver;
- During an uncomfortable conversation with a co-worker or a neighbor;
- When your child is acting up; and so on.
Use the Sedona Method to Reach Your Financial Goals
One way to use The Sedona Method is to help you reach your financial goals, such as creating wealth. Often, people form the intent to achieve wealth, they set well-defined financial goals for themselves, and then they go about taking the necessary steps to reach those goals. However, they soon sabotage themselves in their attempts by the beliefs they hold in their subconscious.
If you set the goal of becoming wealthy while holding the belief that you don’t deserve wealth, or that you’re not smart enough to be wealthy, or that creating wealth requires making enormous sacrifices, you simply won’t allow yourself to be rich. It’s like trying to cultivate a garden which is run over by weeds, or trying to keep a plant healthy when it’s infested with bugs.
So, how can The Sedona Method help you create wealth? After reviewing your financial goals you can use the Sedona Method to help you release any hesitancy or resistance that may come up toward those goals caused by your belief system. This resistance could be in the form of any of the following:
- Uneasiness
- Insecurity
- Doubt
- Frustration
In fact, any feeling that is not positive or empowering is a form of resistance. Releasing the negative beliefs and emotions that stand in your way helps clear the way for you to create wealth and attract abundance into your life.
Let Go of Fear With the Sedona Method
Fear stands for “false evidence appearing real”. We tell ourselves all the time that all sorts of awful things are going to happen to us, and we live our lives as if this were true. Mark Twain is often quoted as having said the following: “I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.”
Because we allow our imaginations to run rampant with all sorts of fears and worries about the future, we live horrible experiences over and over again inside our minds. However, we can let go of fear; fear is just an emotion and you can choose to let it go at any moment. As you decide to let go, you’ll discover that the fear starts to dissolve, and what’s left is a feeling of calm and of “yes I can”, and this feeling is always available to you.
Conclusion
I purchased the Sedona Method about ten years ago and I use it all the time to release negative feelings and emotions, and to help me let go of any resistance I may feel when working toward achieving my goals. I believe it’s one of the most powerful personal development tools out there.
The Sedona Method holds that at our core we’re already whole and perfect. There’s a peace, radiance, joy and love that underlies even our most negative emotions. When you let go, you naturally uncover that.
Happiness is your basic nature. Most of us look for happiness outside of ourselves, but happiness is something that’s within us. Simply let go, be present with what is in this moment, and let happiness gush forth and fill your life.
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