ALCHEMISTRY: What To Do When Your Emotions Feel Heavy
- Stacy Goltsev
- 2 days ago
- 2 min read
Some mornings you wake up and life just sits on your chest.
No clear reason.
No story.
Just weight.
We’ve all been there — the heavy feelings, the stuck emotions, the I-don’t-want-to-do-anything mode.
Before judging yourself for being “low,” pause for a moment.
This matters:
Heavy emotions aren’t a failure. They’re information.
They’re signals from your emotional body saying:
Something needs movement.
The mind loves labels and drama.
“You’re depressed again.”
“You’re stuck again.”
“Something is wrong.”
But the body doesn’t speak that language.
For the body, emotions are frequency.
Resonance.
Like a radio station.
One click — heavy.
Another click — ease.
Same radio. Different signal.
A small science moment (simple and human)
Emotions are neurochemical waves combined with energy patterns in the body.
They naturally move through the nervous system in about 90–120 seconds — unless we hold on to the story.
The body is ready to release.
The mind presses “repeat.”
That’s why alchemy is possible.
We’re not stuck.
We’re holding.
What To Do With Heavy Feelings
You don’t fight them.
You don’t bypass them.
You don’t pretend everything is fine.
You alchemize them — gently.
The UNDINA Alchemy Steps
1. Acknowledge without drama
“This is what’s here today.”
No judgment.
No “why again?”
Just compassion.
2. Name it
“I feel heavy.”
Naming alone reduces emotional intensity.
3. Shift the state softly
No big changes.
Only micro-movement.
30 seconds of stretching
Two slow breaths
Step outside
Shake your arms
Put on one song you love
Movement loosens stagnant emotional energy.
4. Choose a slightly better feeling
Not happiness.
Not bliss.
Just a little better.
0.5% is enough.
5. Add a sensory bridge
Music.
Walking.
Dancing.
Touching a tree.
Sun on your face.
Cold water.
Three honest sentences in a journal.
Calling someone who feels safe.
These shift brain chemistry just enough to pull you out of the emotional loop.
6. Don’t stay alone inside the story
The mind wants to narrate endlessly.
Interrupt it with gentle action.
Move.
Breathe.
Feel something real.
7. Remember what humans are built for
We are designed to transform dense energy back into:
ease, softness, clarity, flow, inspiration.
Not through force.
Through awareness and movement.
A Simple Way to Understand Emotional Shifts
Emotions move through the nervous system like waves.
Heavy emotions vibrate slower.
Lighter emotions vibrate faster.
What changes the frequency?
Movement.
Breath.
Sound.
Focus.
Choice.
Shifting emotional states isn’t a giant leap.
It’s millimeters.
Tiny adjustments.
That’s not weakness.
That’s alchemy.
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