What if you could transform your anxiety into something you can actually use during your work day? Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki shares two evidence-based activities — breathing and movement — that can soothe your nervous system and fuel creativity and connection.
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Love how she frames anxiety as something you can work with instead of something you need to eliminate. The breathing and movement piece she mentions is so important. Your nervous system responds to what your body is doing and when you give it a clear physical signal through controlled breathing it shifts out of that anxious state faster than any mental trick. I teach breathwork sessions and this is exactly what we focus on. Not fighting the anxiety but giving your body a direct way to process it. Extended exhales, slow rhythmic breathing, even just three minutes of focused breath work can change how your entire system is operating. The neuroscience backs it up and the experience of actually doing it makes it click even deeper.
Brilliant, doctor. Thank you.
I got anxiety while watching this video.
Boring
May God bless you. Thank you for the advice.
Does any one feel anxiety before going to office, overthink what the manager would say, overthinking what you would say in the scrum update and all. Or is it just me 😢