How to Relax When You Suffer From Chronic Anxiety and Stress

mindful breathingAletheia Luna – We no longer know how to truly relax.

Our frantic, stuffed schedules and fast-paced lives make it difficult for us to wind down and simply be with ourselves.

We have mastered how to DO, but we know almost nothing about how to BE.

Even when we do find ourselves with nothing to do, we freak out. Our social conditioning has ingrained within us the belief that we have to be “productive members of society” no matter where we are or what we’re doing.

Productivity is the catchword of our century. There’s nothing innately wrong with productivity. But while we have physically and materially progressed immensely, we are internally impoverished and starving. Most people have made almost no internal progress whatsoever, leaving them feeling anxious, depressed, and more prone to addiction. Continue reading