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• My anxiety hums constantly and my mood’s been low, and sitting-still meditation just leaves me alone with the spinning while hard workouts feel like too much
• My anxiety lives in my body
• My body is buzzing and I can’t hold still on the cushion
• When I’m wound up or stuck I just sit there marinating in the feeling, when every cell of me is itching to move
• I can’t make myself sit still on a cushion, and my walks and runs are exactly when the rumination spirals worst

Practices that may help

1. Tai chi for anxiety and depression
   Three months of regular tai chi practice reduces anxiety and depression symptoms with effect sizes comparable to conventional exercise.
   Tai Chi: The Evidence for a Mind-Body Practice
2. Exercise to lower anxiety
   Use movement to discharge physical arousal and recalibrate the alarm system.
   Exercise for Mental Health
3. Working with restlessness-and-worry (uddhacca-kukkucca)
   Restlessness and worry require settling, earthing, and narrowing the attentional field — not more vigilance.
   The Five Hindrances: Diagnosing and Working with Meditation Obstacles
4. Move and use rhythm to shift state
   Walking, swaying, drumming, dancing — rhythmic, whole-body movement to discharge and reset arousal.
   The Body Keeps the Score, Honestly Explained
5. Mantra in motion — using repetition during walking and exercise
   Carry a mantra into movement — synchronized with footsteps or the rhythm of exercise — to sustain meditative quality outside formal sits.
   Mantra Meditation, Made Practical
6. Gentle rhythmic movement
   Walking, swaying, or light rhythmic exercise to shift autonomic state and support recovery.
   Vagal Tone, Honestly Explained
7. Mindful movement: yoga and walking as body-awareness practices
   Use slow, intentional movement to practice bringing full attention to the body without goals.
   Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Made Practical
8. Secular mantra — a neutral word or phrase
   Choose any neutral, calming word and repeat it silently on each exhale for 15–20 minutes.
   Mantra Meditation, Made Practical
9. Run the full 5-4-3-2-1 sequence
   Work through all five senses in order: 5 things seen, 4 heard, 3 touched, 2 smelled, 1 tasted.
   The 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Technique
10. Aerobic exercise for low mood and depression
    Sustained moderate cardio — brisk walking, cycling, running — as a mood regulator.
    Exercise for Mental Health

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