Coaching practices for Non Dual Awareness Anxiety
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- When the anxiety takes over it feels like it is me
- When I’m anxious my whole world shrinks down to the one thing I’m scared of
- Once the fear starts I’m locked onto my own body
- I keep straining to "get into" a meditative state like awareness is something I have to switch on and aim
- Even once the worst of it passes, I can’t get back into the room
Practices that may help
- Non-Dual Awareness, Made Practical
Non-dual awareness is a mode of consciousness in which attention is no longer exclusively identified with the contents of experience (thoughts, sensations, feelings) but rests as the open, aware space in which those contents appear. Loch Kelly’s "effortless mindfulness" approach uses short recognition exercises to shift into this mode; research on the broader open-monitoring family of practices finds reductions in anxiety and rumination, though non-dual awareness itself is a newer research area with limited controlled trials. - Strengthen the observing self
Notice that there is a "you" watching your thoughts — that witness is stable even when thoughts are not.
Defusion from Anxious Thoughts - Divided attention — hold multiple sources at once
Expand awareness to hold three or more sounds simultaneously without collapsing back to one.
Attention Training Technique (ATT), Made Practical - External focus: redirect attention away from bodily sensations
Shift attention outward during anxiety to disrupt the monitoring loop that amplifies sensations.
The Clark Panic Model, Made Practical - Glimpse practice: a 10-second recognition of aware space
Pause, drop the question "What am I aware of?" and simply notice that awareness is already on.
Non-Dual Awareness, Made Practical - Engage with the present moment
Once the edge comes off, redirect attention fully into an activity or your surroundings.
The DARE Response to Anxiety, Made Practical - Recognize aware presence within strong emotion
When a strong emotion arises, shift to noticing the awareness in which the emotion appears rather than being swept by it.
Non-Dual Awareness, Made Practical - Detached mindfulness: observe thoughts without engaging
Let thoughts pass through awareness without following them, evaluating them, or acting on them.
Metacognitive Therapy, Made Practical - Situational attentional refocusing: shift from self to situation
In anxiety-provoking situations, actively redirect attention outward — to the task, the other person, the environment.
Metacognitive Therapy, Made Practical - Redirect from self-focus to external attention
When anxiety spikes, deliberately anchor attention to a specific external sound or object.
Attention Training Technique (ATT), Made Practical
Related concerns
- Engage Present Moment Anxiety
In anxiety-provoking situations, actively redirect attention outward — to the task, the other person, the environment.
Situational attentional refocusing: shift from self to situation
- How To Stop Self Monitoring Anxiety
Shift attention outward during anxiety to disrupt the monitoring loop that amplifies sensations.
External focus: redirect attention away from bodily sensations
- Non Dual Awareness When Overwhelmed
Non-dual awareness is a mode of consciousness in which attention is no longer exclusively identified with the contents of experience (thoughts, sensations, feelings) but rests as the open, aware space in which those contents appear. Loch Kelly’s "effortless mindfulness" approach uses short recognition exercises to shift into this mode; research on the broader open-monitoring family of practices finds reductions in anxiety and rumination, though non-dual awareness itself is a newer research area with limited controlled trials.
- Outside View Anxiety
In anxiety-provoking situations, actively redirect attention outward — to the task, the other person, the environment.
- Present Moment Anxiety
Name five things you see, four you hear, three you feel, two you smell, one you taste.
The 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique
- Refocus After Anxiety
Once the edge comes off, redirect attention fully into an activity or your surroundings.
Engage with the present moment
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