Quieting Anxiety

By on July 30, 2010 in Balance, Meditation

Question:

I am being treated for anxiety with meds.  I am in the process of stopping those and am enrolled for Perfect Health in Sept and attended A Weekend Within in May.  My anxiety manifests in different ways depending on circumstances. My question is can I use my mantra to help me keep the anxiety from rising or will that reduce the effectiveness on my mantra? I usually just need to quiet my mind and hope repetition of my mantra is a good tool.

Answer:

The Primordial Sound Meditation mantra that you have been given is used for  sitting meditation with your eyes closed. It Is designed to take you beyond your active mind to your silent core consciousness. So it won’t be appropriate to use that mantra when you are in the midst of your day and something anxiety-provoking happens. For anxious episodes, it would be  better to do some conscious slow abdominal breathing accompanied by soothing self-talk and/or relaxing visualization until the anxiety subsides.

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One Response to Quieting Anxiety

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