Meditation for Anxiety

An anxious person’s amygdala is ready to pounce on any fragment of information and twist it into red for danger. Unfortunately, the process becomes greatly aggravated when we are subject to intermittent stress in our lives.

Everyday things feel menacing, and we become exhausted by the constant sense of vigilance we employ in order to deal with all the perceived threats in our world.

The feelings of apprehension and dread can be debilitating, and they stop us from enjoying life and achieving to the best of our abilities.

Because trauma related anxiety is processed in the autonomic part of the nervous system, our body is switched into overdrive to fight the perceived threat before our brains have a chance to process it consciously. We are left feeling unable to intervene in our anxiety in any meaningful way.

Our breathing is affected when the flight or fight stress response is engaged. We take short, sharp breaths in preparation for danger and start hyperventilating.

The result of low carbon dioxide in the body can cause panic attacks, insomnia and extreme fatigue, whilst a lack of oxygen deprives our organs and muscles of vital resources they need to function.

As our heart beats faster, our sense of anxiety escalates beyond our control. Anybody who’s experienced this knows it can be far scarier than any perceived trigger.

Meditation for anxiety can’t stop the source, but it will help with the symptoms.

As one of the most effective anxiety reduction techniques, Beeja meditation works by using the sounds of mantras that are chosen to match each individual’s nervous system. The gentle repetition of these sounds within the mind has a soothing effect. It’s easy for everyone as there’s no need to concentrate or focus the mind.

As a result, any hyper-activation of the nervous system begins to calm down and in its place comes a sense of spaciousness and perspective which lasts far beyond the meditation practice.

By allowing ourselves to rest at levels that are far deeper than anything we experience during sleep, we can break through the programming that is causing us to be conditioned with continual alertness.

We also find that within seconds of effortlessly repeating the mantra in our minds, the entire cortex of the brain enters a super coherent alpha state. This high-level brain patterning correlates strongly with a very significant reduction in anxious thoughts and sensations.

Beeja meditation for anxiety brings balance to our production of neurotransmitters and hormones - such as serotonin and GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) - which have been found to be implicated in general anxiety disorders.

Beeja meditation brings about much more alertness which greatly improves our ability to detect genuine threats and take corrective action. Which means we can allow ourselves to rest at any time genuine danger isn’t upon us.

Because our system is balanced, we are content to flow through life, confident in our ability to detect and respond to challenges and threats when the need arises.

Decision making becomes easier, we feel less preoccupied, much less restless, we have more energy, and we enjoy much better sleep. (Yay!).