WHAT IS ANXIETY? WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT IT?
Anxiety is a beast. But it is a beast that can most definitely be tamed. If you’ve had anxiety for any amount of time, you’ve probably been told, or at least believed, that anxiety will be with you forever and that you could possibly need medications for life. I once believed that also.
But this, my friends, IS NOT TRUE. Or it doesn’t have to be.
DID YOU KNOW?
When you’re having anxiety, your body is operating in high stress mode, aka “fight or flight” mode. This is great if you’re in the woods being chased by a bear. It’s a built-in survival mechanism. It’s not so great if there is no bear. It’s not so great if you’re operating in this high stress mode all of the time.
When in this high stress mode, your body is secreting stress hormones, such as adrenaline and cortisol. Your heart rate and blood pressure are increased. Your breathing becomes shallow. Your muscles contract. You’ve got to be able to out-run or beat up that bear after all!
When you’re operating in this prolonged state of anxiety or “fight or flight,” this can wreak havoc on your body and your mind, causing physical and mental exhaustion. This cascade negatively affects the body, causing many other systems and hormones to be misaligned or out of whack. This constant stress and misalignment can cause inflammation and illness in the body, contributing to a whole host of mental and physical issues.
Meditation is an excellent way to halt anxiety and to regain control of your nervous system.
Taking just 5 minutes per day to meditate, can radically shift your body from operating in this high-stress state to operating in a more relaxed state. Meditation helps to “reset” the nervous system to a natural state of calm, which can further help lower blood pressure, heart rate, adrenaline, and cortisol. Over time, this can become the body’s primary mode of operation versus the stress mode.
Below is a FREE 5 minute, calming “emergency” meditation for anxiety reduction. It will help shift your mind/body out of the “fight or flight” stress mode into a calm, relaxed state. It will help move your nervous system from a sympathetic (stressful) state into a parasympathetic (peaceful) state and will help activate the natural “relaxation response.” The more you do this, the more your nervous system is able to reset and learn to operate in this more relaxed mode.
Click the link below to give yourself the gift of a mind/body “reset” with a FREE 5-Minute Emergency Anxiety Meditation: