How I Made Anxiety My B*tch…
Am I allowed to say that?
Just kidding… I stopped asking permission years ago.
The truth is, I’ve always had this fancy dance with anxiety.
I remember as a kid getting ready for summer camp… I would be so excited, because at camp anything felt possible - I had mud fights with cute boys, I won awards and the crowd would cheer (#mostspirited), and no one else had my fresh hair cut which made me SO happy because at school it felt like I was always being copied.
This is really what goes on in the mind of a 12 year old girl..
As much excitement as there was, I would also not be able to sleep the night before, eat the week before, and I was always packing a month in advance.
You see, for me… anxiety and excitement have always played together…
Right now I’m in my second trimester (about 6 months) pregnant and I’m dancing between the two like it’s a fight for my life.
The internal feeling is similar - butterflies in the belly, shortness of breath, if I sit and think too long I create the most bizarre scenarios of how things can go (incredibly well like a no-pain birth or obnoxiously unrealistically tragic which I won’t share because no one needs to hear my greatest fears)…
The feelings themselves are like squirrels, they come and go faster than my whipped cream can melt on top of my hot chocolate.
But they exist.
And they exist in me, BIG.
What I’ve come to realize is that anxiety and excitement aren’t going anywhere.
For many of us, they are simply part of being human.
But I can do 3 main things to lead myself through it… or in other words, make anxiety my b*tch 🫣
Stop labeling it as bad - and for me that means dropping the word anxiety.
Notice how I feel without judgement - “oh hello butterflies in my stomach” … it doesn’t have to mean anything.
Focus my mind back to my breath - one of my favorite ways to do this is with 3 deep inhales and exhales, imagining my breath moving up and down my spine.
It’s been said the biggest battle is in our mind.
When you learn how to lead your mind to presence, anxiety loses its control.
In the Year of Yoga, you will be learning specific techniques to lessen the power of anxiety in your life and deepen your sense of inner peace and self trust.
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Warmly,
Kasidy