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Anxiety Slayer™ with Shann and Ananga

How to Calm Your Mind by Entering the Moment

Anxiety Slayer™ with Shann and Ananga

Shann Vander Leek & Ananga Sivyer

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Education

4.4858 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2010

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast I'm sharing how you can learn to calm your mind by engaging it fully in the little things you do every day: walking, cooking, reading, washing dishes. There are so many opportunities to master your mind and reign in negative thinking.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Anxiety Slayer series. Our mission is to assist you with creating more peace and tranquility in your life

0:14.7

through anxiety release exercises and supportive tools created to slay your

0:19.9

anxiety.

0:30.0

Anxiety sufferers don't spend much time in the moment. When the mind is disturbed by high levels of stress and anxiety, it can be really

0:37.6

hard to focus on where you are or what you're doing.

0:41.4

The anxious mind is always clouded by shadows from past painful experiences or negative

0:47.1

predictions about what might go wrong in the future.

0:51.1

Anxiety robs us of our contentment and of any sense of the present moment.

0:57.0

Absent-mindedness and anxiety are good friends.

1:00.0

Anxiety loves you to be diverted and disconnected.

1:04.0

It wants you to be scattered, distracted and ungrounded.

1:10.0

That's how it works best.

1:16.0

Mindfulness and relaxation are also good friends.

1:20.0

Mindfulness brings awareness of the present moment.

1:23.4

It helps us feel centered.

1:27.8

It helps us feel connected with the world around us. And it helps us feel peaceful.

1:35.0

This state of restful focus is stabilising and calming.

1:41.0

And when the mind feels absorbed and relaxed it doesn't get so anxious.

1:45.0

Anxiety and relaxation are completely opposite states.

1:51.0

You won't experience one if you're feeling the other and that's

1:54.8

why mindfulness is the perfect antidote to stress and anxiety. By turning off busy

1:59.9

thoughts and engaging in present moment awareness you can begin to

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