Present Moment Awareness: Yoga & Anxiety – Practices to Consider
Potential Benefits
- Yoga helps by anchoring attention to the present moment.
- Because anxiety is often future-focused, becoming aware of the sensations in the body in a particular asana or the sensation of breath can reduce symptoms by keeping the mind attuned to what is happening now. (Ginny Graves)
- Awareness of the body and mind can likewise help the practitioner to recognize the first signs of anxiety and intervene before they become a full-blown anxiety attack.
Teaching Tools
These tools can help you to teach the practice of bringing conscious awareness to the present moment.