Tag: anxiety
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Working With Traumatic Memories
You may have tried, when difficult memories come up, to console yourself that the thing troubling you is from the past. “No use dwelling on the past,” except it’s not so easy — the past colors our presentI distinctly remember similar advice given in the first week of my Feldenkrais training program. When the trainer was…
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You Can Be a Sponge, But Be Less Absorbent
(Why Does Everything Affect Me So Deeply And What Can I Do?) A few years back a mom in class shared her personal practice which helped her handle her baby’s crying. She had felt as if her baby’s cries were going straight to her heart where they weighed heavily on her. So she came up with…
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Anatomy of a Panic Attack
It’s hard when the people close to you don’t understand what you’re going through with anxiety and panic attacks. The NY Times put out a great article this month on “The Anatomy of a Panic Attack,” which may give you a little more insight into either your own experience or that of someone close to…