Your Anxiety Toolbox: Eight Days To A More Peaceful Mind And Body

Join Somatic Psychotherapist and yoga teacher, Nikki Heyder as she guides you through an eight day journey of learning how to better understand, relate to, and navigate moments of anxiety. Walk away with a toolbox of both top-down and bottom-up approaches for calming the body and mind as well as how to meet your anxiety with more self compassion.

Leçon 1: Understanding The Experience Of Anxiety

Discover the roots of anxiety as we explore how it manifests in the body and mind, often stemming from fear and past experiences. Learn to recognize your unique anxiety patterns and separate yourself from its limiting effects.

Leçon 2: Anxiety As Your Protector

Reframe your perspective on anxiety by understanding its purpose as a protector. Explore how past experiences shape anxiety and how it attempts to shield you, often based on outdated fears and assumptions.

Leçon 3: Challenging Anxious Thoughts With Curiosity

Learn to challenge black-and-white or catastrophic thinking by fostering curiosity. By questioning anxious thoughts and exploring different possibilities, you can diminish their significance and shift towards a more balanced perspective.

Leçon 4: Grounding Your Nervous System

Explore body-based practices to ground your nervous system and cultivate a sense of safety. Techniques such as sensory engagement, breath control, and posture adjustment can help you feel more present and secure.

Leçon 5: Rebuilding Self Trust And Inner Guidance

Reconnect with your core values and inner guidance to rebuild self-trust. Identify what truly gives your life meaning and purpose, and learn to make decisions aligned with your authentic self. Start to reconnect with your intuition via simple, practical tools.

Leçon 6: Feeling The Fear And Doing It Anyway

Harness the power of compassion to move past fear and take action. Use the “affirm, validate, respond” technique to address your inner critic and build confidence by facing challenges with courage. Learn how to start to engage with your compassionate voice and make brave, aligned decisions regardless of your anxious mind.

Leçon 7: Collecting Evidence For A Different Life

Understand how your thoughts influence your reality through confirmation bias and the reticular activation system. Take action on new, positive thoughts to build confidence and increase your resilience to life’s uncertainties.

Leçon 8: The Significance Of Gratitude As A Tool To Combat Anxiety

In our final lesson, we learn how to embrace gratitude as a powerful tool to combat anxiety. Discover how to fully embody gratitude, appreciating the small moments of joy and support in your life, and find peace by focusing on what you can control.