A guided meditation that teaches you to notice anxiety in your body, then observe it with care instead of judgment. The host shows how pairing awareness with compassion relaxes your nervous system and builds tolerance for difficult feelings.
Awareness that heals episode 121 so start off by just noticing your body sensations and your heart and sensing the anxiety that is present. And then pause and remember you are the awareness that can pay attention. So often when you or any of us are in anxiety, we think that's who we are. I'm anxious. But we are also the capacity to be the awareness of the anxiety which allows us to potentially respond to us. You are that awareness that can pay attention and stay aware and then look inside yourself deeply with your greatest intelligence and caring thoughts and heart and recognize you want to care. At the same time. Just notice, do you get this? That you can be anxious right now as you are and look for that place that wants to care at the same time. Now I say at the same time because that's the magic. If you're able to be aware, oh yes, I'm anxious and of course I want to care. That is what will move the dial, will move your life, will change your relationship, your anxiety. Now, if you can't reach that, recognize that you want to increase what might be called your bare tolerance. Like you can barely tolerate your anxiety. And even that is an expansion because you're starting to open your awareness and you're moving toward tolerance and and acceptance. And this expansion into greater tolerance and acceptance means that your body can relax a bit more. You can become more aware. Yes, I am also the awareness that gives me potential to be anxious. And wherever I am, whether I'm alone, I'm with someone else, I'm able to respond in a way that it doesn't capture me. Let yourself say, I am sending you more and more acceptance of my anxiety. Notice that you often ignore your anxiety or treat it like a problem or judge it, or perhaps you just suppress it. Do you see this clearly? And as you tune into your anxiety right now, just say the words as gently as you can. I accept you with a deep inhale and exhale and have the profound realization. From this wisdom inside you, I see you. From my awareness, I am sending at least caring thoughts. If I can't access the feelings like I want to support you and be so much more accepting than I've been in the past. Dropping in together anxiety and awareness with caring thoughts together. Take this away with you and recognize that this acceptance and tolerance of your anxiety will allow you to be more courageous and not be afraid of being anxious. Thanks for listening to Awareness that Heals. Please click subscribe so you won't miss an episode. If you love the podcast, the best way to help spread the word is to rate and review the show. This helps other listeners like you find this podcast. We're deeply grateful you're here and that we have found each other. We encourage you to download our introspective guides@awaressthatheals.org they will be helpful to you while listening to our podcast.
