December 5th, 2010

My Treasure Chest

Lately I have been dealing with irrational, unexplained bouts of anxiety.  As we are going through a transitional year with the potential for many things to change this is somewhat to be expected but it really seems to me to be superfluous anxiety.  So my approach has been to slow down and honor where that anxiety seems to be coming from.  Right now it seems to be in my lower chest area and it seems to look like a black, pirate’s treasure chest.  So I am guessing some of this anxiety has to do with a fear of loss over things I treasure, or fears about finances in the future.

Just being aware of my body response and honoring it seems to lessen the free floatingness of this anxiety which has helped.  Next I am working on envisioning the chest as open and filled with happy things that bring me a sense of peace.