I had a successful week-end of working with my very resistant and fairly relentless anxiety. I've noticed that every time I have an anxious thought I tense my shoulders and begin to breathe shallowly. So what I've been practicing is noticing every single time I tense my shoulders and stop breathing well (meaning I'm anxious) I immediately drop my shoulders, relax them, and take a deep cleansing breath followed by deep, healthy belly-breathing. The exercise has been going decently well and has given me insight into the importance of being in the moment, and present for what is here right now- rather than trying to live in the past or the future. I'm working on this moment being whole and full, not seeing this moment as only a connection to a previous moment, or a moment to come.
And Amazon finally delivered my broom!
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Last edited by *Beth*; Apr 27, 2021 at 02:39 PM.
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