Set Fear Free
These holistic techniques will help you build trust in yourself, retrain your brain to see the positives in life, and live without fear.
Connect with your breath
Slow, deep breathing moves you from anxiety the fight or flight mode into a place of peace, Taking time daily to connect with the breath is like giving your body a deep clean. It will help unblock stuck energy and build trust that you can cope with most situations.
Discover colour power
When you feel anxious, the mind tends to see the world in black, grey or white, Colour can uplift your mood and shift the brain into a more positive and trusting state. Try to wear bright colours like blue, red, orange and yellow to bring you joy. Buy some sheets of A4 paper in primary colours from an art suppliers and fix these to your kitchen or bedroom wall where you will see them regularly. Spend a few moments every day looking at the bright colours.
Keep a gratitude diary
If you feel grateful, you can't be anxious or sad because the mind can only experience one emotion at a time. Also, gratitude shifts your energy frequency from a lower state think anxiety and fear to a higher vibration such as happiness and contentment.
Walk in nature
Spending time outdoors connects you to the earth, which is incredibly grounding. Grounding promotes a sense of stability and balance, which can help you to trust that the world may not be such a scary place after all. If you can, walk outdoors in nature every day. If weather permits, take off your shoes and feel the earth beneath your feet. Hugging a tree, bizarre as this sounds, increases levels of the feel-good hormone oxytocin, which also promotes feelings of calm.
Use trust affirmations
Turn anxiety on its head and write a list of trust affirmations related to your fear, 'If you're afraid of spiders, write: "I can feel safe around spiders. I trust I will be fine."'
'Or, if you're afraid of flying, write: "I am always safe. I trust I will be OK whatever form of transport I use."'
Tips for writing a gratitude diary:
Every morning, before you get up, list three things you are grateful for. Begin with the basics like having food and water.
Next, expand your list. Think of people you love, your abilities, events that have made you happy. Add these to your list.
Regularly reading your diary (perhaps at night) will help retrain your brain to look for the positives in life, rather than the negatives. You will begin to trust that good things can, and will, happen to you.
Try this technique anywhere, at any time
Stand or sit comfortably. Relax. Take a deep breath in through the nose and blow out through the mouth.
You may experience a natural pause before the next inhale and exhale.
Repeat the cycle three times in total. Inhaling and exhaling is one cycle.
