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 The Physiology of Anxiety - A BIG Surprise 

Otto Siegel • June 24, 2019

Genius Tip #487

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Anxiety symptoms have grown into an international epidemic over the past years. Trend: increasing! You might frequently read about what's causing it and hear about a wide spectrum from fake news, personal hardships or cyber bullying to personal feelings of helplessness or smallness. That in itself an make you feel even more anxious...

Today I invite you for a fresh perspective and a highly effective way to minimize anxiety within a few minutes, starting with a quick look into brain physiology:

You know how the 2 halves of your brain are connected through a fairly small bridge called Corpus Callosum. It serves like an essential information highway between both hemispheres and ensures rapid signal processing for high creativity.

However, in situations of emotional stress, pressure or overload, this bridge can slow down or even shut down. Now the essential information flow goes on a detour down to the brain stem and up on the other side. The brainstem is home to survival instincts and reflexes like fight, flight or freeze. Every piece of information coming through is paired with anxiety - immediately and subconsciously.

Instead of fighting anxiety in your brain stem we recommend a simple and powerful movement to re-open the information freeway in your brain:

  1. Raise your arms up.:
  2. Pick up your left leg and bring your right elbow to the left knee as you exhale.
  3. Alternate sides.
The magic: This movement activates both halves of your brain; you cross the mid-line of your body - the brain has to connect through the bridge.

A drawing of two men standing next to each other.

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