Stress/anxiety/panic attacks
Stress and anxiety are endemic in the Western world. Our lives seem faster than ever before and our daily to do lists grow ever longer with a great many of us living a significant part of our days above our stress thresholds. Experiencing anxiety is no longer seen as anything particularly unusual, although taboos still exist around ‘not being able to cope’ especially when one resorts to medication. Panic attacks too are an all too frequent experience as we attempt to control the seemingly uncontrollable.
We employ a variety of strategies to help us deal with our realities, many of which serve to disassociate us from our feelings rather than help us process and work through the troubling emotions.
My particular wake up call was chest pains, at which point I thought I was having heart problems. I later learned that it was my body’s way of telling me it needed more oxygen. At the time my coping strategies for stress and anxiety were cigarettes and alcohol. I knew they weren’t solving the core issues but they were a quick and easy short term fix in the absence of a more healthy solution.
Which brings us back to the Breath.
Not only is it an effective and healthy way to protect ourselves from the ravages of stress and anxiety. It also provides an immediate remedy for dealing with symptoms as they occur. Many clients who were experiencing panic attacks have learned how to ‘pull the plug’ on the process by learning a little more about their physiology and specifically how it can be consciously affected by using their breath in a specific way. Learning to allow all our emotions (especially those we’ve previously not allowed) as they happen is one of the most helpful steps we can take in order to avoid overloading ourselves with stress.
‘’I had clinical depression for over 30 years, tried every kind of therapy both mainstream and alternative. Last year a trusted friend persuaded me to try just one more thing – Transformational Breath. I’m so glad I did. It does what is says on the tin. My ‘stuff’ just seemed to evaporate and by day four of my Breathing Space week I woke up looking forward to the future ! Months on I still feel well and am building on that initial foundation week.
I would recommend spending a week with Alan to anyone. His professionalism, support and talent keep you safe on your personal journey.The most powerful intervention I have ever experienced.’’
Rebecca , Glasgow