Meditation Vs Breathing Exercises for Anxiety Relief

 

 


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Notes from the show:

 

Why Breathing is a good starting point

  • relationship between breath and mind
  • focused practice that reigns the mind in

 

The challenge with starting to meditate for anxiety sufferers 

  • meditation can feel like opening the floodgates to anxious thoughts
  • the mind will always intrude
  • this is where mindful meditation can really help

and the rewards…

Many different forms of meditation 

The most helpful for anxiety:

Mindfulness meditation

Vedic meditation - Ayurveda recommends meditation as a core healing practice, especially for looking after the mind - mantra meditation 

Why not try both and see which you prefer?

Add some EFT Tapping in too