Around this time. Last year we ran a series of interviews on the podcast about anxiety. We had fascinating and pretty raw conversations with people, including the artist and activist Sarah burrell. As a scientist, Joe brewer, the meditation teacher leslie booker more bottom line here, if your suffering from anxiety, you're in good company myself included the bad news, is that anxiety, socks and it's unlikely to disappear overnight, but the good news that you can change your relationship to it. Booker joined us to create a ten day meditation course specifically to You tame your anxiety and it is still to this day one of our most popular forces. Take it from one of our app users who participated. Here's a quote: I have approximately ten meditation apps, all of which I have cancelled during the free trial, because I never bought into the. as this is so well thought out, and the taming anxiety course is beyond helpful. You can start the taming anxiety course any time over on our companion, app just download the ten percent happier app.

Where, were you get your apps and search for taming anxiety on the courses tab This is the ten percent happier podcast dan harris, hey everybody, it's friday, which means it's bonus. Meditation time we've been seeing some dangerous spikes in anxiety these days throughout the population. So today we've got a meditation that might help if you're one of the suffers. As I am my friend at the great meditation teacher, seventy Selassie is going to teach us how to get out of our heads and into our bodies. So we can have a different relationship to all of our swirling stories. seven. As a core meditation teacher on the ten percent happier app and a former guest repeat guest on this pot gas, she was born in ethiopia and raised in Washington DC. She started setting buddhism three decades to go as an undergrad at mcgill university.

She is the author of a recent and fantastic book called you belong a call for connection one cool thing about summer, for me, at least, is that I get a break from my routines. But I don't want to blow up everything about my routine, especially when it comes to exercise which very much helps. Keep me saying, which is one of the great things about palate If I'm on the road- and I don't have access to a gym, I can just do one of their time: intensity, interval, training, cardio programs on my phone and they're short. The same thing is true: when we have summertime guests at our house, and I've got limited time, I can just hop on by conveying out o work out of whatever length is most can be. Speaking of friends. to get back in the habit of doing rise. At the same time as my friend Steve who lives on the west coast, we don't get to see each other that often so this is a fun way to hang out blonde

saying I'm an active, avid user of palestine and right now is the perfect time for you to try out pellet onto the pollutant bike plus is now five hundred bucks less its best price, yet including free delivery and set up, and there are more game changing prices available on the original palatine by can't palatine tread visit, one palatine dot com to learn more our right. Here we go now with seventy hi. This is seven aim. for many of us when we get gripped by stress or anxiety, it's hard not to be completely swept up by strong emotions, Getting grounded in our bodies is a way to write eyes what is really happening in the present moment. Helping us drop the stories and see is actually occurring right now,

then can we recognize that this is what it is. Are you ready to give it a try? Let's begin find a comfortable posture. Your eyes can be closed or open. The you want to be both alert and relaxed. Take a few moments to settle into your body. A good way to do that is to connect to your groundedness, see if you can feel the chair or see.

underneath you feeling your contact with the ground. See if you can connect to being here right now,.

If you can be with the direct sensation of the body for a few moments, how was that Was the anxiety or stress, still gripping you it's okay? If it was

remember, it is what it is if challenging thoughts arise, we simply allow them, It's not about pushing anything away. We don't need to make stressful thoughts. A problem, just notice of thoughts are pulling you into stories. Let's practice bringing kindness to whatever's happening, whether your more relaxed or still feeling the anxiety know that you can.

bring kindness to any moment kindness, It is like an invisible currency for wellbeing. You can place a hand on your own face her body. play acknowledge that you want the best for yourself. You can even say I want to be b or I want well being for myself.

The as we end this meditation remember that whatever is happening, it is what it is any time, you're gripped by stress or anxiety, Susan getting caught in thoughts you can ground in the body is a way to stay in the present moment. feel free to open your eyes now and reconnect with your surroundings. You did a great job thanks for practicing with me, see you next time. Thank you to seven. Eight will be right back here on Monday for a fresh episode. It's a great ones all about how to disentangle yourself from. Long running patterns in your behavior and thinking I'll see you then

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