Tonight’s yoga session was with Sadhguru, he specializes in the Upa-Yoga practice which eases the entire system of the body by activating the energy nodules in our joints and using tension to exercise our muscles. The movements seem easy enough on the demonstration portion of the video, but when I actually did these four movements properly using tension and steadying my breath, it felt like a mini workout on my arms… I could definitely feel the burn. Even as I type this, it’s been at least 5 minutes since I finished this Upa-Yoga session and I still feel a little tingling throughout my shoulders, arms and wrists… but I feel like I did something good, something that is helping to heal and balance my body, so I’m cool with it. The video was almost fifteen minutes long, but most of it is because they give such a thorough explanation and demonstration of the directional movements and how to do them properly, the practice itself only takes a quick five minutes to do. In my efforts to try to do yoga every day, I’m thinking that this practice in particular would be a good one to do daily, it’s quick and it benefits the whole entire body, and Lord knows I need that.
I Talk To Myself | Self Talk For Anxiety
I need to do self talk on a daily basis… or on an hourly basis sometimes, depending on the circumstances. Usually in the morning as I take a stroll around the neighborhood, with my headphones in my ears, I pretend like I’m talking to someone on the phone but I’m really talking things out with myself… I do it this way because I don’t want to scare people. If I see someone walking around having a full conversation with themselves, my first thought is that either they are off their meds or they need to see a professional about getting on some meds, period. But there’s just something about saying things out loud to myself… it has a different impact, it feels more believable when I speak things instead of just thinking them.
When I’m having a moment of anxiety, the first thing I’ll say to myself is “it’s ok…” Sometimes the only thing I can do is repeat “it’s ok, it’s ok, it’s ok…” a thousand times… it may take a minute but eventually my thoughts calm down and then the magic happens. From a perspective that is patient and gentle, encouraging and compassionate, I begin to speak to myself in a way that is healthy, helpful and honest… “I love you so much” and “I love you no matter what” are two very poignant phrases that I use a lot in my practice with self talk… it almost immediately makes me feel better when I say these things to myself with sincerity. Then I have days when I feel like how I imagine Beyoncé feels about herself and her life in general, and I’ll say to myself, “I am so proud of you…” or even just a really emphatic “yaaaaaassss Queen!”… and I’ll proceed to be my own hype man for my entire morning stroll… I like to have fun with it you know?
Either way, whether I’m up or down, self talk is a major key… helping me process my feelings, helping me to let go of things that I’ve been holding onto for way too long, it’s helping me to battle anxiety, it’s helping me to love myself exactly as I am in the moment encompassing the good the bad and the ugly, it helps encourage me to change old bad habits into new habits that serve me in a more positive way, it’s self soothing, it can be a lot of fun, but most importantly it works. For a little over a month now, I’ve been doing self talk every day and it’s not something that I was expecting to end all of my anxiety and negative thoughts, but it’s become something that allows me to work through those moments when I feel helpless… it’s also teaching me how to be nicer to myself, and how to forgive myself… there is true freedom in releasing, and the freedom I am beginning to embrace is priceless. So yes, I need to do self talk on a daily basis… or on an hourly basis sometimes, depending on the circumstances.
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