| Yoga is a great relief from feelings of anxiety, but | | | | Accept and identify anxiety for what it is. In life, you |
| anxiety is part of life; and some of us have more | | | | also have to have to "come to grips" with hate, |
| anxiety than others. No matter how many years you | | | | jealousy, greed, and anger. We should not embrace |
| practice Yoga, you are still human. You are bound to | | | | negative thoughts or feelings, but we should quickly |
| feel feelings of frustration, angst, irritation, and | | | | be able to identify them and their private agendas. |
| anxiety. | | | | Life is a lot easier when we are honest with |
| Most people think that Yoga practice will make these | | | | ourselves. After we find the true nature of a |
| negative feelings disappear, but that is not entirely | | | | problem, we can then find realistic solutions to deal |
| true. Some people think that Yoga will aid you to | | | | with our negative feelings. If you wake up feeling a |
| throw negative feelings into separate compartments, | | | | little down, do not waste your time on denial, but do |
| but that is not really true either. | | | | find a solution to rid negativity from within. |
| So, how do long-term Yoga practitioners release their | | | | Myth 2: Yogis can "bottle up" their emotions. |
| anxiety? They seem so calm and collected all the | | | | Holding emotions inside will still cause damage to the |
| time. What is the big secret? Firstly, let's cover some | | | | individual. You cannot stop an earthquake with a land |
| options you should never practice, and then look at | | | | fill. This is not a permit to go around making rude |
| Yogic solutions for releasing anxiety. | | | | gestures, "telling everyone off," or an endorsement |
| Myth 1: Yogis can make anxiety disappear. | | | | of "road rage," but there are healthy ways to "let |
| Never believe that anxiety will magically disappear. | | | | steam off." |
| Yoga, and medical prescriptions, cannot make anxiety | | | | The secret of controlling emotion is: Deflection of |
| go away permanently. For anxiety to disappear, | | | | anger, but it will take much time, and conditioning, |
| something has to change within you. List the causes | | | | before you are able to do this. Yoga is, in fact, an |
| of your anxiety, and how you respond to them. | | | | archive of solutions for anxiety, but you must have |
| Then find solutions for purging them in a healthy way. | | | | the will to maintain a regular practice for complete |
| Yoga does help, but Yoga has its limitations, too. | | | | mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health. |