Hi Rebeccca, well done for having the courage to come forward with your feelings. It takes alot to be able to speak about these things and to seek help. Congratulations on seeking professional help and also Yoga. They will all be of great help in your recovery. Meditation is another really great way to help you calm your anxiety and relax your body and mind. It will also tie nicely in your Yoga practice.

Yes, your anxiety will go away. You are already working on it which is such a positive thing as you are already on your way. Anita is right by saying that you need to find out where your anxiety is stemming from. Hopefully your psychotherapist will be able to help you with this. Another thing that you could do would be to have a Gratitude Journal. They are great for helping you focus on things that you are grateful for and help focus your thoughts onto positive ones instead of negatives that may contribute towards your anxiety. Starting the day with a positive affirmation or Gratitude Journal with help you anxious feelings ease in the morning. Visualisation Exercises could be beneficial too. Visualising vividly exactly how you want your life to be. Writing these down will help with the visualisations. You can take small manageable steps towards this every day. Also a great exercise to do would be “Allow and Release Exercise”. It consists of working through your emotions and feelings rather than burying them or fight against them. One of the reasons for anxiety is not completely working through negative emotions and burying them instead so any trigger can set them back off. Also anxiety can stem from living in the future or past and not being in the present. Again, Meditation and Yoga can greatly help with this. Try this Allow and Release Exercise whenever you feel anxious about something.

*If there is a situation that is upsetting you or making you feel anxious or sad, go to a place where you can be quiet and be alone. Spend some time thinking about the situation and noticing how it feels in your body.

*Instead of following the process you normally follow ( attaching past events and futures worries, questioning why and how and expanding the thought of fear or sadness), Stop…and put the intention in your mind not to continue with this thought process.

*Breath deeply and focus on your breathes as you breath in….and out….in…and out….

*Bring your awareness from your mind and fro your emotions to your body. How do you feel in your body at this moment? How intense does this emotion feel? Is there any tension or elevated heartbeat?

*Now observe how this emotion feels in your body fully

*Try and name the feeling/emotion you are having if you can. “this is how anxiety feels in my body”. Notice it and feel it fully. If you can’t name the emotion/feeling just state that “this is how i’m feeling now, in my body”.

*Can you notice what prompted it? i.e “I am feeling this emotion/feeling because I am afraid of being alone.” Affirm to yourself, something positive in your life or a counteraction thought. i.e I will never truly be alone, I have myself and i am comfortable with being in my own company and I have many friends and family that are there for me.

*Try not to take your attention back to your mind by attaching any stories, fears or judgements to it. Just sit in it and be. State that this is merely a fearful feeling/emotion.

*Sit with the feeling for a while longer, noticing and experiencing it fully. Feeling how it feels in your body only. After a while the feeling should start to dissapate and reduce or at least become more bearable.

*You can now take your awareness way from your body and back into the present moment.

The more you do this, the easier it will become and the quicker you will be able to move through your anxiety or negative feelings and emotions. It will eventually get to the point where you will be able to do this sub-consciously and automatically without even having to focus on it.

I hope this helped in some way

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Good luck on your journey

Natalie