| For those people who are really dedicated to | | | | meditation recognises this and allows you to stay |
| getting over their anxiety, meditation can be the | | | | in the present, where everything is just as it |
| key. | | | | should be. |
| The are literally thousands of types of meditation, | | | | Secondly, with mindfulness meditation you stay in |
| and many books, CDs and Videos out there | | | | your body and become aware of your body. You |
| which will tell you how to meditate. I'm going to | | | | become aware of all the tension and stress you |
| ask you to forget nearly all of those. | | | | are holding in the moment throughout your body. |
| All meditation will relax you, but that in itself is not | | | | This allows your mind to accept, and not |
| a solution to anxiety, panic attacks, and phobias. | | | | misinterpret tension as a signal to start panicking |
| Most meditations seem to take you away from | | | | or feeling anxious. |
| the present moment and take your concentration | | | | Thirdly, and perhaps most importantly of all, |
| away from your body. Such escapism may bring | | | | mindfulness meditation teaches you to be aware |
| temporary relief from anxiety but will not free | | | | of your thoughts as passing entities which are |
| you from it, and meditating through anxious | | | | present in a given moment and then fade as all |
| moments is hard. | | | | thoughts do. When you learn to see anxious and |
| Enter Mindfulness meditation. | | | | catastrophic thoughts in this light you are much |
| So, why is Mindfulness Meditation so good for | | | | better placed to chose how to react to them, or |
| getting over anxiety? There are a few reasons: | | | | indeed whether to react to them at all. |
| firstly, through practicingg mindfulness meditation | | | | After diligent practice, the mindfulness meditator |
| you learn to be in the present moment. That | | | | can decide to let his/her catastrophic thoughts be, |
| might sound odd, after all we are all in the present | | | | to not react to tension, and to focus on what is |
| moment all the time - how else could it be? In | | | | happening in the moment. The completely |
| fact, anxiety, panic, and phobias do not really | | | | different outlook on life which the meditator |
| happen in the present moment. Think about it a | | | | nurtures revolves around acceptance and |
| second. They happen when you concentrate on | | | | understanding, not reaction and fear. In terms of |
| bad memories from the past and catastrophic | | | | anxiety and panic, the results can be spectacular. |
| predictions about the future. Mindfulness | | | | |