"Fill your bowl to the brim
and it will spill.
Keep sharpening your knife
and it will blunt.
Chase after money and security
and your heart will never unclench.
Care about people’s approval
and you will be their prisoner.
Do your work, then step back.
The only path to serenity."
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching (via lazyyogi)
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Meditation for Anxiety
To practice this guided meditation, sit in a comfortable position, with your back straight and your head level and breathe in with the breathing in lines and breathe out with the breathing out lines.
Breathing in, I am aware of my breath going in
Breathing out, I am aware of my breath going out
Breathing in, I am present in my body
Breathing out, I am present in time and space
Breathing in, I invite a new perspective on anxiety
Breathing out, I empty my mind
Breathing in, I give myself the gift of fresh air
Breathing out, I give back to the world
Breathing in, I recognize that I suffer from anxiety
Breathing out, I wish to change that habit
Breathing in, I know that I am human
Breathing out, I know that people get anxious
Breathing In, I feel the pain and worry
Breathing out, I give that to the world
Breathing in, I feel the world’s anxiety
Breathing out, I send the world peace
Breathing in, I am connected to all people
Breathing out, I wish people to be free of suffering
Breathing in, I am connected to myself
Breathing out, I wish to be free of suffering
Breathing in, I invite peace into my life
Breathing out, I share peace with the world
Breathing in, I see my anxiety is a reaction
Breathing out, I can work with that reaction
Breathing in, my anxiety reminds me to be aware
Breathing out, I am aware of my anxiety
Breathing in, my anxiety compels me toward action
Breathing out, I act with my anxiety
Breathing in, I locate my anxiety in time and space
Breathing out, I locate myself in the present
Breathing in, I locate my anxiety in my amygdala
Breathing out, I shrink that tiny part of my brain
Breathing in, I worry that this won’t work
Breathing out, I see that as an anxious thought
Breathing in, I know anxious thoughts unsettle me
Breathing out, I let my thoughts go.
Breathing in, I am present in my body
Breathing out, I am present in time and space
Breathing in, I am aware of my breath going in
Breathing out, I am aware of my breath going out
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Kilian Eng, Recent Work.
Recent work by the always dazzling and imagination filling master illustrator Kilian Eng (Previously on Supersonic).
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