EMOTIONAL REGULATION
A Kabbalistic Prayer & Psalm Guide for Balance, Stability & Healthy Emotional Flow
Emotional Regulation
🌿 INTRODUCTION — EMOTIONAL REGULATION IN KABBALAH
In Kabbalah, emotional regulation is not emotional suppression.
It is emotional harmony.
Healthy emotional regulation occurs when Chesed (flow) and Gevurah (containment) are balanced through Tiferet (integration).
When this balance is disrupted, emotions may become:
overwhelming
chaotic
shut down
unpredictable
delayed and explosive
difficult to name or process
The Zohar teaches:
“When the measures are balanced, the soul rests.”
Emotional regulation allows feelings to move through the soul without taking over the self.
This prayer supports the soul in restoring inner balance so emotions can be felt, expressed, and released safely.
🧭 SIGNS EMOTIONAL REGULATION IS COMPROMISED
Emotional swings
Difficulty calming after activation
Suppressing emotions until they erupt
Feeling flooded by feelings
Reactivity disproportionate to situations
Emotional shutdown after intensity
Difficulty naming emotions
Feeling controlled by mood
Trouble staying present during strong feelings
Guilt or shame after emotional expression
Emotional dysregulation is not weakness.
It is often the residue of overload, trauma, or prolonged stress.
📜 PSALMS FOR EMOTIONAL BALANCE & STABILITY
1. Psalm 131:2 — Calming the Inner World
Hebrew:
אִם־לֹא שִׁוִּיתִי וְדוֹמַמְתִּי נַפְשִׁי
Transliteration:
Im lo shiviti v’domamti nafshi.
English:
“I have calmed and quieted my soul.”
This psalm stabilizes emotional intensity and restores internal order.
2. Psalm 62:2 — Emotional Stillness
Hebrew:
אַךְ אֶל־אֱלֹהִים דּוּמִיָּה נַפְשִׁי
Transliteration:
Ach el Elohim dumiyah nafshi.
English:
“My soul finds rest in God alone.”
Used to restore emotional anchoring during turbulence.
3. Psalm 37:7 — Allowing Time & Space
Hebrew:
דּוֹם לַיהוָה וְהִתְחוֹלֵל לוֹ
Transliteration:
Dom la’Adonai v’hitcholel lo.
English:
“Be still before the Divine and wait.”
This psalm teaches patience with emotional processes.
🔮 DIVINE NAMES FOR EMOTIONAL REGULATION
1. ל־ו־ו (Lamed–Vav–Vav)
Hebrew: לוו
Transliteration: LeVav
Healing qualities:
Harmonizes emotional extremes
Restores inner rhythm
Integrates feeling and restraint
2. ס־א־ל (Samech–Aleph–Lamed)
Hebrew: סאל
Transliteration: SaEL
Healing qualities:
Stabilizes emotional states
Grounds emotional energy
Supports containment
3. מ־ת־ק (Mem–Tav–Kuf)
Hebrew: מתק
Transliteration: MaTaK
Healing qualities:
Sweetens emotional intensity
Softens sharp reactions
Brings gentleness to experience
✨ ANA B’KOACH FOR BALANCE — LINE 6
Hebrew:
בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד
Transliteration:
Baruch shem kevod malchuto l’olam va’ed.
English:
“Blessed is the Name of the glory of His kingdom forever.”
This line anchors emotional energy into stable embodiment (Malchut).
🌹 KABBALISTIC COMMENTARY — FEELING WITHOUT FLOODING
The Zohar teaches:
“Emotion without form overwhelms; form without emotion suffocates.”
Healthy regulation allows:
feelings to rise
awareness to remain present
expression to be proportionate
release to occur naturally
the nervous system to reset
Dysregulation often comes from early environments where:
emotions were unsafe
expression was punished
overwhelm was unmanaged
support was absent
Regulation is learned — and it can be relearned.
🌿 USAGE IN SESSION — EMOTIONAL REGULATION PRACTICE
Ask the client to sit with feet grounded and spine upright.
Guide slow breathing with a longer exhale.
Recite Psalm 131:2 to calm emotional noise.
Speak the Divine Name לוו (LeVav) three times to restore balance.
Recite Psalm 62:2 to anchor inner stillness.
Use Ana B’Koach Line 6 to ground emotions into the body.
Invite the affirmation:
“I can feel without being overwhelmed.”Close with grounding and gentle awareness.