8 Simple Tips to Reduce Anxiety and the Waves of Grief

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This is a simple list with 8 tips you can use whenever you feel overwhelmed with anxiety or grief or feelings. Living with uncertainty. Loss of a loved one. Change in life circumstances. Feeling lost.

1. Breathe: Do you know why we tell people to breathe? It’s because when we grieve or when we feel anxious, we barely breathe. We hold on and try to minimize what we are feeling. We curl up in a ball and our breath is shallow. Animals do the opposite. When they have a shock or a trauma they shake. They move. And that releases it from their bodies. So, take some slow, deep breaths. If feelings arise, keep breathing and feeling. The more you breathe, the easier it is to release anything you are holding onto including anxiety and grief.
2. Listen to Music. Choose some music and move your body. Slow movement, fast movement and everything in between. Choose different songs at different times. What do you need right now? Do you need to cry, laugh, sing, dance or drift off to sleep?
3. Connect with Nature: Look out the window. Go for a walk. See nature. Stare at flowers, trees, the sky, birds. Pick something. Pause and breathe it into your heart. Fill up your body with nature. Connect with a feeling. Keep breathing.
4. Ground yourself to the Earth: Sit in a chair or stand with your feet flat on…