Yoga for Anxiety Quotes

“One way to counter anxiety is to do a reality check on your fear. Rather than automatically believe your fear, inquire. Investigate the data from the world outside of you: What’s really going on here? What does the data say? What’s the truth of the situation? What do I know for sure about this? Inquire into your inner world of thinking by asking these questions: Is this belief true? Does the data substantiate my thinking? Am I in imminent danger?”
― Mary Nurriestearns, Yoga for Anxiety: Meditations and Practices for Calming the Body and Mind

“Identify and witness your old stories, and over time, your grooves smooth out, which frees you from repeating self-destructive habits. Neuroscience is verifying the yogic view of the mind’s samskaras. In The Mind and the Brain (2002), Jeffrey Schwartz and Sharon Begley reported that scientists have found that the action of repeated firings of neurons changes the wiring of the brain. This means that you can change your mental wiring by what you think and how often you think it. Repeated anxious thoughts dig deep grooves. Let them run away with you, and they create ruts that are hard to get out of. Fortunately, calming and encouraging thoughts also carve tracks into your brain, developing your capacity to be calmer, even when you encounter life’s rough spots.”
― Mary Nurriestearns, Yoga for Anxiety: Meditations and Practices for Calming the Body and Mind

“Human beings, when not stressed, are utterly beautiful. It’s only when we are confused that our hearts shrivel and our minds figure crafty ways out of situations…. When we relate to life from our minds, we take our feet off the ground. It’s like not wanting to touch the floor, fearing that we will be burned. —Stephen Levine”
― Mary Nurriestearns, Yoga for Anxiety: Meditations and Practices for Calming the Body and Mind