Handling anxiety

“All of a sudden, I felt a tremendous wave of fear for no reason at all. My heart was pounding, my chest hurt and it was getting harder to breathe. I thought I was going to die.''
Lots of people come to me complaining about anxiety, depression or behaviour changes. The present atmosphere is tense and there's an increase in stress levels in people.

Natural reaction

The first thing to remember is there is nothing wrong with you.

Your body is simply doing its job. The problem originates from your nervous system which is out of balance. Your body is designed to react very quickly to get you away from danger. The problem with a panic attack is that the danger is perceived and not real, although the onset of attacks will usually be based on a past event.

I used to suffer myself from crippling panic attacks and anxiety.

People suffering from panic and anxiety attacks are habitual shallow breathers. They are generally very creative and imaginative people.

Our ‘in breath' is connected to the body's flight or fight response while our ‘out breath' is linked to relaxation.

People suffering from anxiety and panic attacks will find that their ‘in breath' is more dominant. Our approach is to bring the nervous system back into balance.