Step 1 – Befriending your feelings: Go into your feelings of anxiety and stress. Befriend them, embrace them, give your feelings of anxiety and stress a hug like they are an old friend you know well and feel completely comfortable with, as someone you love spending time with. Talk to your feelings of anxiety and stress either internally or out loud, you can even write them down if you would like to. Next, say

“Oh there you are anxiety and/or stress, it is okay that you are here. It makes a lot of sense why you are making yourself so noticeable considering what I am dealing with. I understand why I feel this way. It is not my fault that I am anxious or stressed. It is okay that I feel this way because it makes sense and it is only temporary. I get it, and I will love myself through this with deep kindness, warmth, love, and compassion”.

Then sit with your feelings of anxiety and stress in true understanding and love. And if they need more room because there is too much pressure, give the feelings of anxiety and stress free space to extend in order to release the intensity.  You can give it space within you, outside of you, and as far as it needs to go. Stay with this first step till you start to feel calmer and more comfortable. As a reminder make sure you only show kindness and compassion for your feelings of anxiety and stress and yourself. It is important to embrace all of you. Stay with this step until you truly have embraced yourself through it. When you feel ready, go to step 2

Step 2 – Release: This step is simple. All you have to do is repeat one sentence over and over again till you actually feel the anxiety and stress leaving your body. This is what you say internally or out loud as many times you need to:

“I clear and release my anxiety and stress about (name what you are specifically anxious or stressed about). Or a more specific sentence: “I clear my feelings of anxiety and stress about (name the specific thing you are anxious or stressed about) from within me and around.” Say it over and over again with the intention of letting the anxiety and stress go, and until you feel it is leaving. When you spend some time on releasing the anxiety and stress and you feel it is actually leaving, you can go to step 3.

Step 3 – Choosing: In this step you explore possibilities, positive choices, changing your anxiety and stress with baby steps to positive plan of action, or if all else fails find a positive distraction. It is important for this step to be positive to train your brain to transform negative feelings and thoughts into positive ways of thinking, feelings, and solutions. If you want guidance on how to figure out a different way of approaching your Anxiety and Stress, please click here for the Brain/Gut exercise. After you made your choice make sure you follow up – Namaste!