Emotions:

Anxiety and emotional imbalances.

   Felling of heaviness in your stomach or chest, feeling frozen/stuck. With anxiety can come an array of troubles, such as digestive imbalances and acid reflux. I feel that with Anxiety you may experience panic attacks, trouble sleeping and handling day to day tasks. 

It really all depends on why you are feeling anxious to better find ways to balance emotions. What is the root of such discomfort? Are you having financial troubles? overwhelmed with work? Maybe there are things you have been holding onto from childhood or past experiences. 

I find that all emotional imbalances or discomfort have a root cause. Something may trigger an emotional response/anxiety to arise. To see what really is triggering us, why are we living in such discomfort and why is that our base line, our "comfort" zone is 

With certain calming herbs and essential oils, mindfulness practices such as mediation, yoga and chi gong we can find a lot more presence and ease within ourselves. Make sure you eat a well-balanced meal as well as that will help you be more alert and aware of such feeling when they arise. you can find it easier to handle this anxiety too. Just getting enough fuel, enough sleep, enough movement can help. Finding a craft or hobbies to shift the mind from anxious thoughts to a more easeful mind can be a great way though. I understand how difficult it can feel to get started on this journey of emotional well-being, but it is not impossible and it all starts with recognizing your emotions and thoughts, noticing the triggers and wanting to change for the better.  

   Personally, anxiety has been a lifetime trouble spot for me. I have had better days within this anxiety that I will say is within me but not my whole being.  I find it very important to recognize parts of us that are present and imbalanced but not to let it become your identity, get stuck in the label.  I have the ability to get stuck in anxiety and have it rule me or to recognize it and find peace/ease with it. It has taken me years to better understand where such anxious thoughts are stemming from. Through years of therapy and different calming herbs I have found a lot more peace with anxiety, although I still see it there and feel it. If I am not eating enough food, getting enough adequate fuel I find I am more prone to anxiety. Same if I am not getting enough sleep, meditating, or doing any helpful mindfulness practices, I find myself more anxious, less present and not emotionally regulated. One thing that has shifted over the years is my awareness of such anxiousness when it arises. I also no longer experience panic attacks as I once did. 

If you can recognize your trouble spots, if you are even aware of emotions as they arise and want to live a more harmonious life, that is a beautiful thing. you can be excited to embark on this "healing" journey. I know it can feel uneasy and bring up a lot, changing anything that has resided within us for so long. I too find when anxiety is not present, I feel a lot better, yet it has been my baseline for so long. What a blessing to be able to change, what a blessing to want to change, what a blessing to seek balance in your own life.