06/03/2026
An honest moment about anxiety…
Recently my anxiety levels have been a little higher than usual.
That familiar feeling of unease…
a knot in the stomach…
a sense of fear or doom that seems to appear from nowhere.
When it creeps in, my mind becomes busy.
Intrusive thoughts start to appear and the checking begins — making sure everything is turned off, going back again just to be certain, worrying about things that probably won’t happen.
It can be exhausting.
Sometimes I try to work out where it’s coming from.
Is it the aftermath of being poorly?
Is it the weight of running a business?
Is it the general feeling in the world right now?
Or perhaps, for those of us who feel things deeply, it’s also the energetic shifts that seem to be happening around us — the changes in the cosmos that many people say they’re feeling too.
The truth is, I’ve had anxiety for as long as I can remember.
It comes in waves.
Even as someone who teaches yoga and holds space for others, I still experience it. Sometimes there’s even a moment of doubt or nervousness before teaching a class.
And maybe that’s important to say out loud — because none of us are immune to being human.
What I do know is that sharing takes some of the power out of it.
So today I’m simply acknowledging it.
If you feel this too, you’re definitely not alone.
I’m incredibly grateful for my yoga practice because it genuinely helps bring me back to myself.
The breathing.
The sound of the bowls and the gong.
The music.
The community.
And the big one…
The breathing.
Right now I’m reminding myself of something simple.
Take a breath.
Rach 🌿
