Most of us would like to enjoy a life filled with freedom from fear. And yet, many of us limit our lives and our choices because of fear. We feel fear, and we stop expanding. We may feel stuck or motionless, believing that being still will protect us from feeling uncomfortable or overwhelmed or having our hearts broken. Most often that state of non-action in reaction to fear only leads to greater stress, anxiety and fear.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. –Ambrose Redmoon
We can transform that fearful, frozen state into a state of resilience by going inward and expanding the breath, breathing deeply into the chest and belly, feeling the body move with the breath, and activating the relaxation. When we breathe and feel the body move in this way, it helps to bring us back to a state of calm resilience, back in touch with our true nature, which is to be happy and at peace and enjoying freedom from fear.
Once we have regained a sense of balance and perspective, it’s often helpful to inquire internally about what matters most and how we truly want our lives to be and then inquire about what action we can take toward that intention. When we learn to pair action with intention and rest the attention on our intentions rather than on what we fear, moving forward toward our intentions of freedom from fear happens with greater ease.
I know that it’s possible to break free from fearful patterns that keep you stuck. It’s simply a matter of learning how to read the body’s response to trauma and threat and the learning skills to help yourself get back into your resilient zone where you feel safe and secure. I’d love to teach you how. click here to learn about my MBSR online course.