Anxiety and Panic Attacks: A Meditation to Get Into the Now Moment

The reason many people are feeling so out of sync during the shift is because they are being asked to let go of anything that no longer serves their soul's higher purpose. We are clearing the detrimental energy left behind from many former lifetimes. Walk-in souls also have to clear the residual energy of the natal soul that inhabited the body. This can manifest as anxiety or nervousness.

You can make it through this shift if you keep talking to yourself positively by communicating with your Higher Self. The body obeys the mind, but the body has obeyed for many years the signal contained in underlying fear-based beliefs. Changing this old mindset and giving the body time to make the adjustment to your new belief is like turning a huge ship around. It takes time. See your goal and stay your course. You will get there!

Whenever our physical body has a challenging situation, it is best to pull back and tend to it rather than continuing to push forward in helping others. Refresh, restore, heal, and then when you are able, you will have the energy, resources, and guidance needed to help others without harming yourself. One way to do this is by taking a few moments to breathe and listen to affirmations that support your new goal and remind you of where you want to be.

Next, is a meditation designed to help you focus on being fully present in the moment rather than living in the past or worrying about the future. It also helps bring peace and awareness of your multidimensional selves and connects your soul with your oversoul while you sleep.

As I end my day, I recount with gratitude all that has transpired. I have followed my inner guidance in everything that I have created. I am satisfied, and yet I yearn to continue to be a blessing and to be blessed in even greater ways.

As I enter this time of body rest tonight I bring with me all the experiences of this day and offer them for review as my soul in this Earth body connects with my soul group, spiritual council, and all my realities in multiple dimensions.

I recognize that I am here on this planet at this time with a divine mission to share love and teach others how to find peace within. I do this by setting an example of love, exuding gratitude, and having a peaceful existence.

I am at one with all my multidimensional selves. I am at one with my oversoul.

I am merging all my consciousness into one unified field of light so that my purpose of love, gratitude, and peace can more easily affect the aura of Mother Earth and influence the collective consciousness of humanity in a positive and beneficial manner.

In this now moment I am at peace. I am one with all that is. I am.

In this now moment my soul finds rest.

In this now moment I let go of my all preoccupation with understanding Earth life and allow my higher self to speak to my mind and join with me in this oneness of the now moment.

In this now moment I am free from worry about what I have or have not done. Setting aside all concerns, releasing all residual thoughts about my day, I simply listen and focus within. There, I find clarity to understand my purpose for being on Earth at this time.

In this now moment there exists no problems, no trouble; there is nothing to worry my mind, for all is love in this moment and love is all there really ever is.

In this now moment I know that whatever tomorrow brings will be pleasant. I will have all the energy and resources I need to fulfill my mission.

In this now moment I feel peaceful. I feel whole. I am peaceful. I am whole.

In this now moment from my heart center I radiate love, light, peace, joy, and harmony.

In this now moment everything is in perfect order.

In this now moment I rest assured that I am on a path to oneness and wholeness.

In this now moment I am one with the light. The light flows through me. The light is in me. The light is me.

In this now moment I am at perfect peace. I am calm.

In this now moment I am aware of my connection to the infinite source of all good.

In this now moment I recognize that I am an empowered being of light.

In this now moment I know that I am one with pure consciousness.

In this now moment I feel safe and protected. I feel assured, calm, and at ease.

In this now moment I accept all the good the universe has intended for me.

In this now moment I begin deep breathing

With each inhale, I bring peace to my thoughts. My thoughts produce emotional and physical responses; therefore, I am consistent in monitoring my thoughts and ensuring that they are loving, peaceful, calm, and empowering.

With this deep breath and in this now moment I send peace to every nerve in my body. I remember to do this whenever I feel fearful or anxious. I know I can easily calm myself using deep breathing.

By inhaling and exhaling with purpose I feel peaceful. I bring in the oxygen that fuels all the processes of my body and calms my entire nervous system.

Through deep breathing I realign my thoughts with higher empowered thoughts and I recognize myself as one with everything.

With this deep breath, I see peace within myself and all around me. This peace grows with each deep breath.

In this now moment and with this deep breath, I am aware that I am greater than all my fears.

With this deep breath, I consciously choose to change my fearful thoughts into positive uplifting thoughts. I am always safe.

As I rest in this now moment, I attune to source energy. I receive guidance. I know that I have everything I need.

In this now moment I bring forth my higher consciousness into this body and anchor this loving, beautiful higher vibration in the Earth plane.

The soul that has chosen this embodiment is connected to my oversoul and all my multidimensional selves and realities. I bring in that all-knowing energy that is love, light, and vibration from pure consciousness. The essence of the I AM presence.

In this unity that I have created in this now moment I effect positive healing and beneficial change in humanity and in the Earth plane.

From this now moment, this place of centeredness, I radiate joy and calmness at all times.

From this place of joyful being, I move forward in the energy of pure consciousness, blessing all by being one with ALL THAT IS.

I acknowledge and embrace the help that is available to me now.

I acknowledge and thank the spirit beings that have been called to assist with the next step on my path of ascension.

When I awake in the morning, this body is well rested.

I awake in the now moment. I carry forth and operate in the infinite presence from a place of heart-centered love.

I radiate joy and peace into the lives of everyone I encounter.

As I anchor the accelerated frequencies of my multidimensional counterparts in this Earth plane I am joyful. I am wellbeing. I am healing. I am love. I am light. I am pure. I am awakened. I am conscious of the higher guidance I am receiving. I am clear knowing. I am clear seeing.

In this now moment I AM

Only love is real. I am love. I am this now moment.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Anxiety-and-Panic-Attacks:-A-Meditation-to-Get-Into-the-Now-Moment&id=7494006

Free Yourself From Debilitating Fears (By Andrea Kellerman)

Leanne Belling, who suffered from flight anxiety has overcome her fears and feels like a new person now.

Leanne's story: "I never had a problem with flying, day or night, no matter the weather or distance. A few years ago, I was on a flight from Johannesburg to Durban, the flight was scheduled to leave at 7pm, but due to the severe storm and rain we were delayed by an hour, and departed around 8pm. At the time, I was not worried, I boarded the plane, we took off and I assumed we would be home in an hour.

The take-off was very bumpy due to the weather and 15 minutes into the flight, the Captain announced that we needed to remain in our seats as there was a bad electrical storm ahead and they were going to fly us around it. The flight at that stage was very turbulent, we went through many air pockets and were being shaken around quite badly with lots of lightning bolts all around us.

There were some luggage compartments that opened with bags falling out, resembling something out of a horror movie. There was a really loud bang and massive shudder through the plane, it was suddenly very hot and the air hostesses started running around frantically and were looking rather pale themselves. It was at this point the fear of God was instilled in me and I realised we had a problem. The Captain came back on and announced that were descending to 10,000 feet as we had lost cabin pressure and that anyone wearing a neck tie or jersey should remove and loosen the items, they recommended the bags to assist with breathing. I suddenly realised that this "could be it" and I may never see any of my loved ones again.

Everyone on the plane was in a panic at this stage and everyone was hysterical, myself included. Strangers were holding hands and praying in support for one another in the terrifying moments where none of us knew if we would survive it. Once we had descended to 10,000 feet, they proceeded to go through the emergency landing brace position. The rest of the flight was really rough, and seemed like it took forever for us to reach Durban. Total flying time 1 hour 45 minutes.

On arrival at the Durban Airport (old Durban airport), we were cleared for landing, as we descended to the runway, all I remember seeing were rows and rows of emergency vehicles, ambulances and fire engines. The landing was extremely rough, and when the plane came to a stop, everyone on board clapped and cheered for the pilot. The plane was parked and we were all ushered out the back and around the opposite side to the engine that was struck by lightning with beacons demarcating the wing which looked damaged. I was so happy to see my mom and I sobbed like a baby when I hugged her and held onto her.

Since that unfortunate flight, I have battled with a serious struggle whenever I needed to fly for business, to the point where in a period of about 8 or more years I have never flown on that airline again. In some instances I deliberately missed a flight or two in the hope I wouldn't have to go. My doctor prescribed tranquilisers that were to calm me down before a flight, they didn't work so I used to have a few drinks as well no matter the time of day, just to gain enough courage to actually set foot on a plane. Before I flew I used to be on edge for weeks before the actual flight, a complete nervous wreck, and drive everyone around me insane. On the day of the flight I was very teary and nervous, I battled with anxiety, sweaty palms, uncontrollable panic attacks and uncontrollable tears.

Once actually on the plane, I would do random things, like check the condition of the outside of the plane, touch the plane as I entered to feel for myself that it was solid, ask the air hostesses what the weather was like and whether or not we were expecting a turbulent flight, their answer usually sent me into a panic. I would sit down and fasten my seat belt and then proceed to grasp the arm rests while my heart pounded so hard that it felt as though it would jump out of my chest. My hands were shaky and sweaty, I had this uncomfortable tingly sensation down my throat and neck with a paralysing effect on my arms. So bad that I would keep saying I want to get off.

Any sounds in the plane or on the outside prior to take off would make me start crying as the fear of the flight getting closer got worse. I could never envision arriving on the other side safely, every time I left my family to fly I would imagine that I was not going to make it and it would be the last thing I ever did. As the engines started I would end up in a complete panic and sob my way through the take off. Every time there was a bump or noise I would get such a fright and my heart would pound even faster. By the time the drinks were served I would ask for 2 hunters dry or 2 bottles of wine and drink them as fast as I could, on top of the tranquilisers and alcohol I had already consumed, to further "numb away" the fear. Whenever we landed I couldn't wait to get off and felt the most immense relief when my feet touched the ground.

I ended up in a position at work that required me to fly very often instead of the usual twice a year, beginning with 18 flights in 7 weeks on all kinds of planes to all kinds of airports big and small. After the initial flights I would be required to fly 2 to 3 times per month to Johannesburg and Cape Town. I was in a complete tail spin to the point where I started going for interviews as the thought of flying that much scared me to death. Added to this, I faced continuous ridicule from my fellow colleagues, people think that having a fear of flying is silly, they'd laugh and make a mockery of it and me, which makes it even worse to face or talk about.

A friend of mine suggested that I try hypnotherapy. So a week before the 18 flight marathon began I booked my first appointment. I met her and we went through all the details of what exactly it was that scared me and how I felt when I was overcome with fear. During my first hypnotherapy session we recorded the actual hypnotherapy part onto a CD, and I religiously listened to it every night before the first flight.

I was very nervous before the first flight as I had never used hypnotherapy and I didn't know how I would react on that flight. It was difficult, but I managed to fly with no medication or alcohol. I was still sweaty, heart pounding, getting a fright with every bump and worrying I would not arrive safely, but there was a huge difference even from session 1. I continued with my CD and booked another session. I became calmer, could book my flights without having a panic attack, was able to check in feeling calm, got on the plane without feeling that I needed to get off and managed my emotions so much better.

On about the 5th or 6th flight I realised that I did not need any form of medication or alcohol anymore and I realised that I was making good progress. Every flight I took from there on was a step towards my recovery. I didn't need to drink, I chose to drink and I chose to drink only half at a normal pace.

Slowly but surely with each and every flight, my fear diminished and my hands stopped sweating, I didn't cry any more or get nervous with every bump or sound. I slowly worked my way through all of the issues and the reactions one by one over a 6 month period, and now I don't worry about flying, I don't touch the plane or ask the hostesses about the weather, I do not worry whether it is day or night, I do not pay attention to the actual weather. None of those things bother me anymore, and I find that I now speak to people and say, I used to be scared of flying, but now I actually enjoy it.

On the 22 April 2016 marked my 6 months of hypnotherapy, I snuggled in with my pillow and blankie and I fell asleep for about half an hour. This was the final hurdle that we have been trying to overcome, and I did it.

On the 17 May 2016, I will be boarding a plane on the airline that I had a terrible experience with and I will be facing and conquering my ultimate fear. The ticket is booked and I am feeling confident about it. I am looking forward to achieving my ultimate goal.

Hypnotherapy is an amazing tool to choose and if you really do want to overcome your fears, I recommend you give it a try. It is easy, non-invasive and it has changed my life forever. I can just recommend it to anyone who has fears, want to achieve goals and is serious about having a better life."

http://ezinearticles.com/?Free-Yourself-From-Debilitating-Fears&id=9429193

6 Stress-Relieving Tricks to Reduce Anxiety at Work

These simple behavior hacks will help ease your mind when you’re anxious.

When your alarm goes off in the morning, chances are you reach for your phone to 1) turn off the noise and 2) to catch up on email before you even get out of bed, eyes still blurry from sleep. Right?

To say we live in an era of constant communication is more than just an understatement. Technology has led to the expectation that we work longer hours and communicate with colleagues and clients outside the workplace, creating a mentality of anytime, anywhere access.

What’s the mental cost? Stress, which everyone experiences from time to time. But the Anxiety and Depression Association of America reports an estimated 40 million Americans suffer from some form of anxiety disorder, ranging from persistent, unrealistic worry to specific phobias and full-blown panic attacks. Forty million.

Anxiety is simply a learned response to stress, and it can cause sufferers undue frustration and hopelessness. So as the emails stack up in your computer inbox and your phone pings with seemingly urgent messages, how do you get out of that anxious headspace?

Here are seven hacks to help ease your anxiety throughout the work week and minimize stress levels, courtesy of Kelli Walker, panic and anxiety coach, and co-host of the Anxiety Coaches Podcast.

1. Go easy on the caffeine.  

There’s just something about starting the morning with a habitual cup of coffee, hot steam rising from the top. While the caffeine certainly helps energy levels, its effects mimic anxiety symptoms: racing heart, upset stomach, shaky hands. “It’s rarely a symptom or actual cause of anxiety,” Walker says.  “It’s just that if you’re already in a sensitized state, you might feel more vulnerable to the physiological effects coffee produces, and your mind may misinterpret those effects.” Rest assured, you don’t have to kick the coffee habit, but know your body’s cues, and if you’re already feeling tense, consume in moderation.

2. Don’t overthink your stressors.

Sometimes, figuring out what exactly is getting you worked up can make you anxious. “Stress isn’t necessarily going to go away. Some jobs are inherently stressful,” Walker says. For instance, a recent study tracked hospital nurses and measured their stress levels throughout the day, changing nothing in their daily routine. The nurses then practiced mindfulness to help the way they related to the stress. “When the nurses were re-measured, their stress had dropped by 40 percent,” says Walker. "Nothing changed stressor-wise, except the way the nurses related to that stress and were aware of its presence. In my opinion, giving extra attention to the stressors is wholly unhelpful.”

3. Try accepting the anxiety.

Have you ever been sitting in a meeting and you start getting cold sweats and a racing heart? You have a few options: Fight the feelings, remove yourself from the situation… or, says Walker, “accept the feelings and allow the anxiety to sit beside you.” Accepting anxiety means, simply, sitting there and letting the feelings pass. It may not feel good. And, Walker adds, “Don’t force the acceptance. That won’t work either. If acceptance isn’t coming easy or naturally, it’s OK. Getting back to that place and calm and peace doesn’t rely on it. Either way, the anxious state will pass, whether you accept it or not.”

4. Fake it till you make it.

Sometimes, you just have to grin and bear it. And “faking it till you make it” can actually work surprisingly well, says Walker. “Act normal and make light of the anxiety. Power poses work great and can eventually become habit.” So stand up tall and make an effort to smile. “If you tell yourself a lie a bunch,” adds Walker, “you start to believe it.”

5. Take a breather.

Whether meditating for three minutes or just taking deep breaths, remember to take some time to check in with yourself throughout the day. “Even if it’s for 30 seconds,” says Walker, “even just drop your shoulders and release any tension. These little things help you gain altitude from the anxiety and perspective.” And while technology does little to ease a racing mind, there are ways to harness it to help induce calm. If the statistic about 40 million anxiety sufferers can’t convince you that you’re not alone, the sheer volume of smartphone apps for anxiety should. Walker recommends Headspace, Meditation Oasis and the Mindfulness apps, as well as Happify, which offers games to hone in on mindfulness.

6. Get moving.

Exercise is a mood lifter, a physical shift in your day, and its effects on anxiety and depression are well documented. A healthy body goes a long way toward a healthy mind, and the feel-good endorphins release while the stress hormones are reduced.

http://www.success.com/article/6-stress-relieving-tricks-to-reduce-anxiety-at-work

What It’s Like To Feel Anxiety-Ridden, Sometimes With No Control

If I hear a sound at night, I assume there's a stranger in the house. Mailing letters terrifies me. Dancing stresses me out.

Sometimes, I shut down and don't know what to say because socializing is hard. My mind goes blank because it's all too much.

Some days, everything in the whole world makes me nervous. Birds, fax machines, the subway, phone calls, sleeping, food, leaving, staying — you name it, it all makes me anxious, even you.

Am I a weirdo? Well, yes, but that's not why mailing letters makes me squirm.

I have an anxiety disorder, and it scares me away. It scares me away from so many things.

People sometimes want to know why I can't just "get over it." They phrase it in a less aggressive, nicer way than that (usually), but it's still what they mean.

Why is it such a big deal? I shouldn't let things bother me like they do. I just have to forget about it.

It's not a big deal, they say, and that's what I try to remind myself, too — over and over again, every day. I know none of it should be a big deal, but my anxiety tells me a different story, and anxiety is very loud.

I have never not been anxious. Even as the youngest version of myself I can remember, I bit my nails, pulled my hair and was an anxiety-ridden mess. I will always have my anxiety, but it will never define all of who I am.

I am stronger than my anxiety, and I can live with it. I know that, but my anxiety still scares me away.

It's not crippling or anything. Unless I told you about it, you'd probably never know I'm an anxious mess. But, still, I don't want to be anxious and I don't understand why I have to be.

The rest of the world doesn't always get it, either. When they see the anxiety in action, it can be perplexing.

Dishes make me anxious; every time I've lived with friends, dirty dishes have always been an issue. Twenty-somethings don't like to do dishes, but my anxiety convinces me the dirty dishes will infect and kill me.

I try to explain this, but my friends just assume I'm a clean freak -- Type A, anal.

It's hard to explain and it's hard to understand – even for me.

I am always early because being just on time feels like being late to me. Not everyone is like that (thankfully for them), and I often end up waiting for my friends.

My anxiety resents them because they are late — they are making me late — and I become irritable and teary-eyed for no reason other than being late.

If there is a set plan, it should be followed, my anxiety says. No rhyme or reason. That's just the way it is.

Sometimes, I think all of my friends hate me. I become sure they do. Or, at least, that's what anxiety says. I know my friends love me, but it's hard not to think my anxiety might scare them away, too.

Interviews usually make me anxious. If my anxiety is distracted on interview day, then I'm awesome, engaging and conversational. I know what to say because I'm not over-thinking it.

If anxiety is alive and well, I'm hesitant; I second-guess myself. There are so many wonderful reasons to hire me and I forget them all. If the interview starts to not go well, I can't pull myself out. I convince myself I'm doomed.

"You won't get the job, anyway," anxiety chants.

Relationships make me anxious. Well, not relationships, per se, but since my anxiety is always present, it affects relationships, like everything else.

When you date someone, he or she becomes part of you, and since my anxiety is a part of me, it becomes part of him or her, too. My constant need for attention is not easy. My panic attacks are not fun: I ask a lot of questions; I cry; I freak out.

There are girls who don't do that; they don't want to know everything. Of course, they are not perfect, but maybe, they are a kind of imperfect that is easier to handle – the kind that's cute, not obtrusive.

"Don't let my anxiety scare you away," I pleaded with a guy I was seeing. "It won't," he assured. Impossible.

It wasn't a promise, but to my anxiety, it sounded like one.

Existing in general makes me anxious. I ask a million questions because I'm convinced if I don't, I might misunderstand something and do it incorrectly. Everything new I am asked or expected to do is an anxiety.

With something simple, like making copies, I think, "What if I can't figure out how to work the copier or it's out of paper or it breaks or it explodes?" Bake a cake, do taxes, learn to drive, figure out what to do with my life -- existing is one of the most anxiety-producing things around.

It's not easy for any of us. Anxiety is draining. It's a pain in the ass and it's way less than ideal. I know.

My anxiety sometimes scares me away. I don't want it to, but I can't control it and neither can you.

My anxiety is a 15-year-old child, thinking it knows what it's talking about, when really, it's immature and naïve and will never know how to handle things correctly.

Anxiety is like electricity running through my brain with no "off" switch.

My whole chest fills with fear and I can't breathe. My brain morphs into a petulant child who will not listen to logic. There are monsters in its closet, and nothing can convince it otherwise.

If you're anxious, too, then you know. Did you also know, sometimes, anxiety can be a blessing in disguise?

Anxiety-ridden people appreciate the little things. If something doesn't make an anxious person anxious, then, oh-my-goodness, it's wonderful and so, so appreciated. The moments when I'm not anxious are ones I will always remember.

Anxious people will never hurt you because they know too well what it means to get hurt. Boy, do they ever know. They don't want you to go through it. They don't want anyone to go through it.

Anxious people tend to also be empathetic; they even care about people who hurt them.

People with anxiety are intuitive and great at listening. They also love fiercely; they love jobs, friends, significant others and, most importantly, life. People with anxiety know how hard everything is and do not take any of it for granted.

My anxiety might scare me away – but as much as I cannot control it, I try not to let it control me.

Are you anxious, too? If you are, you understand what I'm saying. You feel like a burden. You feel like an inconvenience to the people about whom you care. You know it's not your fault, but that doesn't matter.

It's coming from inside of you and feels like you should be able to control it. Sometimes, I control it; I'm not always anxious.

Sometimes, I run through a Florida apartment complex at 1 am with a boy I just met, dripping wet from the pool and glowing from his eyes on me.

Sometimes, I get brunch with my best friend and I order a vanilla chai with confidence and without second-guessing myself because of calories or price or whatever.

Sometimes, a stranger calls me pretty or smart or stellar and I think, "Yes, yes I am."

For these fleeting moments, I don't have to be anxious.

Anxiety is trying. Anxiety is crippling. Anxiety can be a nightmare. But, sometimes, anxiety is bearable. Anxiety shows me all I have, can and will overcome.

I have anxiety, but I am not anxiety. That's the difference.

My anxiety might scare me away; it might try to scare you away, too. But, maybe, sometimes, it's okay to be afraid.

https://www.elitedaily.com/life/like-feel-anxiety-ridden-sometimes-no-control/945502