Anxiety Treatment:
Energy Healing and Mind-Body Techniques
to Tame the Anxiety-Monster
Do you worry a lot, find it hard or impossible to relax, or have physical symptoms such as difficulty sleeping or concentrating, feeling persistently tired or achy, or often feeling light-headed, out of breath and irritable? If so, you may have an anxiety disorder.Everyone worries sometimes, but some people worry all the time. Severe anxiety like this can interfere with daily life, including work, school, sleep and family life. It can make you miserable all day long, and have serious consequences for your health. If anxiety is having a severe impact on your life, you should seek professional anxiety treatment. However, energy healing and mind-body techniques can also be helpful for mild, occasional anxiety, or as a complement to professional medical or psychological help.
Energy Healing for Anxiety TreatmentEnergy work can be profoundly relaxing and can significantly help to relieve "anxious" energy.In anxiety, the energy field often feels spiky, zingy or jagged. Simple techniques that smooth the field can help a lot. It's also important to balance and support the first and third chakras. This will help to re-build a basic sense of safety and security (first chakra), and restore self-confidence in the ability to deal with life and its uncertainty (third chakra). Anxiety disrupts the rhythm and flow of your body and energy. Breathwork (see below) helps to re-establish it. Basic grounding is also an important technique. Connecting to the earth helps to stabilize and modulate the jittery, unstable energy of anxiety. Self-Energy-Healing for AnxietyBuy or check out Donna Eden's book "Energy Medicine." Learn to do the "Cross Crawl," and the "Wayne Cook Posture," at least. Learn simple, enjoyable things you can do to balance your first chakra and third chakra. Breathing Exercises for Anxiety Treatment Breathing is a bridge between the physical and subtle worlds. Breathing optimally can have a huge impact on your mind-body health, and is especially helpful for anxiety. If you do nothing else, learn to breathe optimally and make it a daily practice of at least 10 or 15 minutes. It has many other health and energetic benefits as well as calming the nervous system.You can learn some basic breathing and relaxation techniques here. If you want to go farther -- and I recommend that you do -- I suggest Gay Hendricks "The Breathing Box: Four Weeks to Healthy Breathing" *, a kit that includes a 90-minute DVD, a CD, and illustrated cards. MeditationOnce again, you can hardly go wrong here. It quiets most peoples' minds, and has no down side. You can learn some basic meditation techniques here. Exercise for Anxiety ReliefExercise is essential for anyone who suffers from anxiety. Walking is great because it's easy, free, safe for everyone, does myriad good things for your health, and energetically works to balance left and right. NatureGet outdoors! Nature is a great healer and balancer for the energy field.Alpha Brain Wave EntrainmentThe Relaxation Company,* (founded by pioneering sound healer Dr. Jeffrey Thomas) has a variety of CDs using brain wave entrainment technology to help you relax. High quality music or nature sounds have alpha brain waves (the frequency that the brain produces in a relaxed state) inaudibly embedded behind them. I use them a lot in my practice and at home -- they really work.Essential Oils for AnxietyAromatherapy, a form of vibrational medicine, can help to soothe the body/mind/energy at a deep level. Learn about essential oils to use for relaxation and anxiety relief here. Diet, Supplements, and Herbs for Anxiety TreatmentI highly recommend you discuss this with a naturopath, if you haven't already. In the meantime, do the obvious things and cut out stimulants such as caffeine and nicotine. Avoid alcohol, as it can make anxiety worse. The Mayo Clinic also suggests that you avoid fatty, sugary and processed foods, and include foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids and B vitamins. Body/Mind Books for Anxiety TreatmentI recommend you look at Daniel Amen's book, "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life." You might also want to look at Mark Hyman's book, The Ultramind Solution. Although I haven't read this book, I've read others of his, and I think it might contain useful information.
Symptoms of Generalized Anxiety DisorderAccording to the National Institute of Mental Health, the symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder can include the following:- Worrying a lot about everyday things
- Having trouble controlling your worries
- Knowing that you worry more than you should
- Being unable to relax
- Having difficulty concentrating
- Being easily startled
- Having trouble falling or staying asleep
- Feeling tired all the time
- Having headaches, muscle pains, stomach aches, or other unexplained pain
- Difficulty swallowing
- Trembling or twitching
- Being irritable, sweating a lot, feeling light-headed or out of breath
- Having to go to the bathroom a lot
If you think you have an anxiety disorder, you should seek the help of a doctor or mental health professional. Don't wait. Anxiety is miserable, and I encourage you to treat yourself with compassion and get help if you need it.
*(These links will take you to a sites where you can buy the products listed. If you do, it won't cost you any extra, but I get a small commission, which helps me keep informational pages like this one going.).
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