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Anxiety Judo: Overcoming Through Allowing
With Charles Freligh, PhDAlan Watts once said, “Allowed anxiety is no longer anxiety.” I believe this to be deeply true, but to put this saying into practice is much easier said than done. It may even be one of the hardest things to do, to actually, genuinely, allow my anxiety to be here. I may attempt to accept it in order to get rid of it, but then, I am not truly accepting it. This five-session course is meant to help you realize the true meaning of Allowing, of Openness, and thus move into a new relationship with “anxiety" in which the word may not even make sense anymore, or find a whole new definition. You may already know the path through anxiety lies in its acceptance, but your body may not believe it yet. I’ll share my training and experience in the worlds of psychology, philosophy, and spirituality, and my own personal experience with crippling social anxiety, to help your body believe and feel, that Allowing is the way. In the first three sessions, you will receive a core message, an experiential practice based on that message, and a takeaway lesson to play with in your life. And in the final two sessions, we will focus on practices to help you extend this course to daily living. I hope you join me and please feel free to share any and all of your thoughts and questions in the course comments. Thank you for being here.
Transcend your experience of anxiety and discomfort by redefining their meaning.
About this course
Alan Watts once said, “Allowed anxiety is no longer anxiety.” I believe this to be deeply true, but to put this saying into practice is much easier said than done. It may even be one of the hardest things to do, to actually, genuinely, allow my anxiety to be here. I may attempt to accept it in order to get rid of it, but then, I am not truly accepting it. This five-session course is meant to help you realize the true meaning of Allowing, of Openness, and thus move into a new relationship with “anxiety" in which the word may not even make sense anymore, or find a whole new definition. You may already know the path through anxiety lies in its acceptance, but your body may not believe it yet. I’ll share my training and experience in the worlds of psychology, philosophy, and spirituality, and my own personal experience with crippling social anxiety, to help your body believe and feel, that Allowing is the way. In the first three sessions, you will receive a core message, an experiential practice based on that message, and a takeaway lesson to play with in your life. And in the final two sessions, we will focus on practices to help you extend this course to daily living. I hope you join me and please feel free to share any and all of your thoughts and questions in the course comments. Thank you for being here.
Meet your Teacher
Charles Freligh has a PhD in Clinical Psychology and years of experience as a psychotherapist, college professor, and teacher of meditation and mindfulness. His goal is to combine understanding from the worlds of psychology, philosophy, and spirituality, in order to provide you with a unique training to customize to your own life. Each year, he travels to a Zen Buddhist monastery to train in meditation, not because he considers himself “Buddhist," but simply because this provides an optimal setting for deep, focused contemplative practice. Charles is here to help you become what you already are, mostly deeply, under the surface. He views you as the expert and stands beside you on an exploration into who you really are.