1177: How To Find Calm Beyond The Mind: Your Body Holds the Key
The Anxiety Coaches Podcast
Gina Ryan
4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, Gina discusses the role the body can play in our ability to calm our anxiety and discover more stability and peace. A mini guided body scan is included in this episode to help listeners tune into their bodies and listening. A practice for using your breath as an anchor is also included. Using these techniques and others in this episode can help you release nervous tension using your body and come to know more peace and calm. Listen in today!
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Quote:
The body is where our power lives. If we want to find peace, we have to come home to it.
-Resmaa Menakem
Chapters
0:26 Introduction to Body and Anxiety
2:53 The Body as an Ally
6:17 Breathing Techniques for Calm
9:26 Understanding Proprioception
11:22 Grounding Practices
13:26 Making Practices Practical
15:24 The Future of Calm Living
16:06 Conclusion and Reflection
Summary
In this episode, I delve into the often-overlooked connection between our physical body and our mental well-being, particularly concerning anxiety. As I explore the idea that our body can become our greatest ally, I challenge the common perception that anxiety is solely a mental battle. I introduce the concept that the persistent buzzing of anxiety in our minds often manifests as physical sensations, signaling that something within us requires attention. Both ancient wisdom and modern scientific insights reinforce this connection, highlighting that our physical self holds the key to achieving lasting relief from anxiety.
During our discussion, I emphasize the importance of being attuned to our bodies, encouraging listeners to recognize and understand the unique signals their bodies send. By shifting our focus from battling anxious thoughts to nurturing our physical experience, we can start cultivating a sense of calm. I walk the audience through practical exercises, such as a guided body scan, emphasizing the necessity of not only knowing our bodies superficially but truly feeling and understanding the sensations within them. With activities aimed at fostering awareness and softness in our bodies, I illustrate how acknowledging tension and adopting mindfulness can pave the way for anxiety relief.
Breathwork emerges as another powerful tool in our journey toward calming our systems. I guide listeners through a simple yet effective breathing exercise designed to activate the parasympathetic nervous system, allowing us to engage with our breath and foster a sense of safety. Each practice, whether it's recognizing proprioception or incorporating gentle movements, is intended to bridge the gap between mental and physical experiences. I underscore the significance of meeting bodily sensations with curiosity, ensuring that the audience understands the value of their physical presence in the face of anxiety.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the anxiety coaches podcast, a relaxing and informative show where we explore anxiety, panic, and PTSD, sharing how you can overcome them for life. |
| 0:23.1 | Aloha. |
| 0:24.2 | Welcome back to the anxiety coaches podcast. |
| 0:27.6 | I'm your host and coach, Gina Ryan, and I am so happy to be with you again today |
| 0:34.1 | as together we can consider the many ways to bring your mind and body back to its |
| 0:40.5 | natural peace and calm. In today's episode, I want to explore how your body, which is often |
| 0:48.4 | overlooked, can become your greatest ally. What if that constant buzzing of anxiety in your mind isn't just a mental |
| 0:57.8 | battle, but a physical plea your body is trying to communicate? Ancient wisdom, who has been |
| 1:05.7 | touting this for a very, very long time and modern science are actually coming together on this point. |
| 1:13.8 | Your physical self is the ultimate key to unlocking lasting relief for your anxiety. |
| 1:22.2 | So today, I want to explore how your body, again, how it's overlooked, can become your greatest ally. |
| 1:31.9 | We'll talk about why the body matters, how to tune into it, and some simple things you can do every day to create a calmer, steadier life. |
| 1:42.2 | It was Martha Graham who said, the body says what words cannot. |
| 1:48.8 | Let's keep that in mind. When anxiety shows up, it doesn't just live in our thoughts. You feel it |
| 1:56.8 | in your body, which I know most of you who are listening, can already attest to. |
| 2:02.5 | The racing heart, the sweaty palms, a tight jaw perhaps, or a shallow breath, or all of the |
| 2:09.7 | above, these are your body's survival systems trying to protect you. |
| 2:16.6 | The problem is, the body often goes too far. When our amygdala is easily triggered, |
| 2:24.6 | when we are living out of our lizard brain, we often find it misfiring. And so what do most of us do? |
| 2:33.5 | We try to think our way out. We wrestle with the anxious thoughts. |
| 2:38.8 | We argue with them. We try to reason them away. But when we do that, we usually end up turning the |
| 2:46.8 | volume up even louder. So here's the good news. Your body isn't the enemy. It's actually a doorway |
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