Anxiety

Oh my! Everywhere I go there seems to be anxiety! Many people in challenging, soul growing situations with a spouse, ill parents, physical ails, expansion into unknown directions, children issues, you name it, I have heard it. It all reminds me of the first line in The Road Less Traveled, "Life is difficult." We all go through periods of extreme conditions where it's one thing after another. It is part of the experience here. 

When we remember that growth is what is occurring in all life, allow this natural twist of fate as normal, cyclical and just what is, we can breathe for a moment. In fact, breathing, relaxing, stepping away to regain your center is the most important thing you can do. In panic, we make bad choices and go into automatic responses that create even more issue to already strained conditions.  I just find that when I remember "this is life" , all does shift.  We can  endure the situation with these reminders, and even settle a bit.

Stress and anxiety are killers. They are the cause of body ails and they are unavoidable. With that in mind it becomes, "how can I get through this without additional issues created by being frantic?" Self care, relaxing, compassion for yourself and letting go of the being super person who does it all are most important.  These states let us know we are tapped, we are not in our power, so gentleness to make it through is our goal.

This adrenal state is very unstabilizing. Our body not designed to hang in it long term without malfunction. So these times are when it is important to be aware, rest, get support and find moments alone that you can recenter or you are just writing your story to a healing crisis. It is often after we get through the hardest part, that illness sets in. We think "how could I make it through all that and now be sick?" The adrenaline gives you juice and juice and juice and when you finally settle, the systems are screaming for help. Understanding this is so valuable to health. For we will be in these situations. Knowing how to pass through is key to finding our emotional, mental, spiritual and physical health.

Also, we have to be very aware of this adrenal state in our everyday lives. Often many are in it and they are not really in a crisis, they just live as though one is happening. This is very dangerous for it is extended, and cortisol reeks havoc on our system. We have to put things into perspective and stop running about as though a dinosaur is chasing us. We have to first be aware of this state. Is it warranted? Can we find a calmer way to live everyday life? If it is crisis, remember to care for yourself as you go through and it will end. 

Tools of awareness are being taught in the healing arts these days for this very thing. We can not go on in fear of the future {anxiety} and expect to be healthy and enjoy life. Finding ways to reset and calm ourselves through weekly classes like yoga and tai chi suport us to remember to reset. Meditation, walks in nature where we allow the beauty to envelop us and in essence empty our cup, massages, healing arts, creative hobbies, these are all part of this recenter. At first we must train ourselves through these things to feel the difference and calm peace that rolls in. Once you get it there are a plenty of simple ways to shift out of this anxious feeling through out your day.

I invite you to read my blogs, listen to my videos, buy my book and come to one of my classes to learn how to settle your body as we walk through this time. There are so many options and as we open to learning of our true nature and body, we can live within these conditions and still find peace and joy. Strategies, tools and ways of see the higher perspective are part of learning to mange. I inspire you to find personal ways that support you in this that the healing and expressive arts offer for they are key. 

We are spirits in a human body with conditioned limitation. Breaking free of these things, atleast settling your physical, emotional and mental self at these times, will go along way to health and beauty. Oxytocin, relax and renew are key to ride in challenge and still manage your state. Energy management is key and understanding how to paramount at this time. 

We will have anxiety and stress, it just doesn't have to cause illness and aging. Self care is the elixir that I teach about most. It is the healer and I inspire to learn all you can about it!

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