How SOMA Breath Helps Me Overcome Anxiety

In Day-to-Day, Real Life Situations

It all started with this baffling question — ‘When Did I Get Anxiety?’

I never even knew that I had anxiety before it was a thing. I always knew that my heart would pound when it was my turn to speak in public. I always knew that I’d become clammy and sweaty in those moments and that my throat would suddenly squeeze tighter and tighter. I always knew these parts of myself well but I never knew it was called Anxiety. I thought that was something someone else had to deal with.

That’s when I had to ask myself that baffling question — when did I get anxiety?

However, once discovered and named, I quickly started to seek ways in which I could live with it in a healthier way.

I have been lucky (at least by own reckoning) to find myself on a spiritual path that has led me to many beautiful communities where yoga, plant medicines, dance, kirtans and many other explorations are celebrated.

But even during these times, and however happy and peaceful I found myself to be, anxiety would still often rear it’s persistent head. And if I’m honest, it still does.

So, even though I began to feel far better I was always on the lookout for ways to heal.