Sharpening focus can go a long way in soothing anxiety.
This is what I personally practice to better my concentration, and this technique is called trataka :
1) Look at a light source, preferably the flame of a candle, until your eyes start to water a little.
2) Close your eyes and try to focus on the afterimage you see in darkness, without letting it move.
3) After the afterimage fades away, repeat.
The key to achieving what i ask of you in this exercise is to understand that at times you cannot focus completely on the image without letting go of clarity. You might be able to keep the image fixed in position but clarity would be an issue then. And that's completely ok. Keeping it stationary is our goal here.
How does this help with anxiety?
This exercise taught me the value of letting go and being still. These are two lessons one can apply in any field, be it in studies or soothing your anxiety. It works every time.
In conjunction with the feeling of stillness, if one also practices breathing techniques and achieves adeptness at them, the power of these two things combined does wonders for the mind.
This is what I personally practice to better my concentration, and this technique is called trataka :
1) Look at a light source, preferably the flame of a candle, until your eyes start to water a little.
2) Close your eyes and try to focus on the afterimage you see in darkness, without letting it move.
3) After the afterimage fades away, repeat.
The key to achieving what i ask of you in this exercise is to understand that at times you cannot focus completely on the image without letting go of clarity. You might be able to keep the image fixed in position but clarity would be an issue then. And that's completely ok. Keeping it stationary is our goal here.
How does this help with anxiety?
This exercise taught me the value of letting go and being still. These are two lessons one can apply in any field, be it in studies or soothing your anxiety. It works every time.
In conjunction with the feeling of stillness, if one also practices breathing techniques and achieves adeptness at them, the power of these two things combined does wonders for the mind.
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