The Yogic Approach to Coping With Panic Attacks and Negativity

Yoga, and Yogic meditation, are fueled by positive energy, which creates positive thoughts. To focus daily, on negative thoughts, is a sad existence. This is much like creating your own form of "hell on earth." This negative state of mind creates a prison, which seems very real to the pessimist. Worse yet, most people who create negative thoughts are not aware of why so many people avoid them.

If anyone is in the company of a powerful negative thinker for too long, he or she will start to experience nausea, headaches, anxiety, chest pains, and more. This person drags the cloud of doom into every room he or she enters.

To sympathize will a person who goes through life asking "Why me?" will only manifest more negative energy. Sorry to say, negative thinking can only be stopped by a reality check. A pessimist will not usually take action without a "wake up call." You can give this person information, and he or she will inherently resist taking "life saving" action.

Therefore, how do you help yourself, or someone else, who has created their own negative reality? The first action to take is to write a list of everything, which you are grateful for. Our family, friends, co-workers, pets, health, intelligence, common sense, job, life skills, and accomplishments, are reasons to be grateful for the life that we have.

If a person cannot think of anything positive to write on the list, he or she should seek professional counseling immediately. This is not intended as an insult or to make a joke of the situation. Someone who is a deeply negative pessimist has lost touch with reality and is pushing nurturing relationships away.

Hence, unchecked negative thinking can cause relationships to end, friendships to dissolve, job loss, divorce, or suicide. You now realize, there are an unlimited number of potentially harmful situations, which can occur, when negative thought is allowed to run free.

© Copyright 2007 - Paul Jerard / Aura Publications

Paul Jerard, E-RYT 500, has written many books on the subject of Yoga. He is a co-owner and the Director of Yoga Teacher Training at: Aura Wellness Center, in Attleboro, MA. riyoga.com riyoga.com He has been a certified Master Yoga Teacher since 1995. To receive a Free Yoga e-Book: "Yoga in Practice," and a Free Yoga Newsletter, please visit: yoga-teacher-training.org/index.html yoga-teacher-training.org/index.html