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feeling, an inkling, intuition, or inner knowing
that is trying to get your attention. Anxiety is
one of these.
Anxiety is a state of physical, emotional, and/
or spiritual imbalance. It’s not trying to make
your life miserable. On the contrary, it helps
you anticipate major life changes and take the
inspired steps to create your future. It shows
you there is spiritual information you need to
pay attention to and what unresolved issues
need to be healed. Such healing can lead
to personal transformation and ultimately,
making necessary life changes.
Here are three anxiety-soothing strategies
to help you embrace your anxiety as part
of your Spiritual Guidance System and to
discern the spiritual information it is giving
you. These sacred strategies target the
physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of
anxiety, take only a few minutes, and can be
used anytime.
hysically
1   P Grounding
Your
Energies:
This practice helps you ground your physical
body during times of anxiety or panic.
Whenever you feel anxious, your energy
tends to collect around the top of your head
It’s not easy to view your anxiety as a spiritual
guide especially from the vantage point of
where you are now. But, for the moment, put
“anxiety is a bad thing” mindset aside and
bring your anxiety close to you like a long,
lost friend. Trust that your anxiety has served
you well and will serve you even more if you
accept it and lean into it as a spiritual guide.
ANXIETY IS A STATE
OF PHYSICAL,
EMOTIONAL,
AND/OR SPIRITUAL
IMBALANCE.
which can feel like you’re detached from the
rest of your body. This rush of energy to your
head may feel like you’re unsteady, dizzy, or
faint. When you’re ungrounded, you can feel
disoriented or discombobulated.
Sit or stand in a comfortable place and
gently close your eyes. Take a few deep
intentional breaths, inhaling oxygen and life
force energy and exhaling anxiety or panic.
Begin at the top of your head and direct your
energy down through your entire body to your
feet. Focus on how your feet feel against the
floor or ground. Once you have focused your
attention here, tap your feet on the ground
until you really feel the energy here.
Visualize your energy going down into the
earth beneath your feet as if you were a
tree rooting into the ground. Stay here and
release your energies into the ground for
detoxing. Open your eyes and stay here a
few moments.
Repeat this practice as many times as you
need until you feel your energies redistributed
and rebalanced. Doing this outside in nature
on grass or moss enhances the grounding
and calming effect. You can also do this
with your eyes open and mindfully moving.
Use this grounding exercise when you move
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