Let Go of Anxiety

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Let Go of Anxiety- Meditation Techniques

1. Using the 100-Breath Method

Close your eyes. Gently pull yourself into the present moment while keeping your feet firmly planted on the floor and your back against your chair. Now start breathing through your nostrils and counting as you go, thinking “and” for every inhale, and the number for each exhale—inhale “and,” exhale “one”; inhale “and,” exhale “two.”

Feel your belly rise with each inhalation and let the breaths slow as you count yourself into a greater sense of relaxation. When you reach 100, bend your head, move your toes and fingers, and open your eyes as a sign of appreciation for the mental space you just created.

2. Full Body Breath Scan

Start by inhaling through your nose, expanding your stomach, and counting to five. As you breathe in, visualize soothing warm light filling your feet, and then exhale through your lips for a count of five, while visualizing yourself releasing any tension you may have been carrying there.

Repeat this process for your ankles, your shins, your knees, and so on, all the way up to your head. Your entire body will probably feel lighter, calmer, and more relaxed after you're done scanning.

3. Lip-Touching Breathing

When aroused, your sympathetic nervous system puts you in a state of high alert—that sense of “fight-or-flight” panic that tells you there’s some sort of threat. When your parasympathetic nervous system is activated, you experience the opposite emotion: ease and relaxation.

One of the easiest ways to activate the parasympathetic nervous system is to touch your lip with two fingers, as suggested by Rick Hanson in his book Buddha's Brain.

Because parasympathetic nerve fibers are found in the lips, this is an easy way to induce calm that you can employ at any time or place. You only need to brush your lips, take long, deep breaths, and tell yourself, "I am safe," to experience the benefits.

4. Walking Meditation

Even though you can practice this whenever you go for a walk, you might want to go for a quiet area of the outdoors to stroll in. You'll feel closer to the ground if you can stroll barefoot if it's safe to do so.

Take a few deep breaths to bring in calming energy and release tension while maintaining a straight spine, relaxed shoulders, and relaxed arms.

Now begin slowly moving forward and sync your breathing with your steps—right foot, inhale; left foot, exhale. Use all of your senses to fully experience where you are—the warm feeling of sun on your face, the soft sound of wind rustling leaves on trees. Being present in the walking experience is the aim, not reaching a specific location.

5. Meditative Shower

Standing beneath a stream of perfectly heated water makes it effortless to forget about anything else.

Now is the time to become aware of your senses. Pick a soap that you adore so that the aroma is captivating. Savor the feeling of the water on your skin as it cascades down your heels, calves, and back.

Notice when you begin thinking about the day ahead (or behind you). Don’t judge the thoughts or yourself for having them. Instead, visualize them going down the drain and then bring your focus back to the experience of cleansing your body and mind.

6. Chore Meditation

Whether you’re vacuuming, dusting, or washing dishes, it can be your meditation if you immerse yourself completely in the activity.

For example, doing the dishes can be gratifying and calming. As you feel the warm water on your hands, relish the feeling of cleaning something that was before unclean. Ignore thoughts of completion or what you'll do after. If you can discover a sense of acceptance and present in doing something slowly and properly, then all that matters is the doing.

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