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Ep. 21 Overcoming Anxiety in a PTSD World

We're living in the midst of an anxiety epidemic, so in today's episode, Katie discusses her personal journey with anxiety and depression and shares the sweet practices she uses for overcoming anxiety.

Learn why struggling with anxiety is so common in our modern world, what this has to do with our nervous system state and the Ayurvedic perspective on anxiety, fear and related emotions. At the end of the episode, Katie leads you through a guided practice to help you in overcoming anxiety.

In this episode about overcoming anxiety, you'll hear:

~ Why mental health is such a big deal in today’s world

~ The power of naming something

~ Anxiety is not a disease

~ A PTSD Culture

~ The Kali Yuga/the Time of a Quickening

~ The nervous system and psychic constipation

~ States of the nervous system

~ Fear can be healthy

~ Anxiety vs Fear

~ Samsara - the Wheel of Repetition

~ Working in the Healing Arts

~ The relationship between perfectionism and anxiety

~ Pop meditation and anxiety

~ Namaha: that’s not mine

~ Constriction vs Spaciousness

~ A special practice for overcoming anxiety

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