Claire Weekes FLOATING: live practice session (plus Q&A)

So you have watched some of my videos or have read Dr Weekes's book, but you can't seem to turn this information into a regular practice.
*To enable me to run more of these live sessions and spread the word, contributions, no matter the amount, via the "thanks" button under this video will be greatly appreciated*
In this live session, I encourage you to bring any anxiety, difficult thoughts, fears or symptoms with you as I talk you through the ALLOW method that I used during my own recovery.
The first 30 min will focus on how to practice with your anxiety (OCD, panic, intrusive thoughts) symptoms and the remaining 15 min will be for a short Q&A.
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[@kendrafujiwara8041]

What a blessing this was for me today. I’m several months into my recovery and still learning so much. You are helping so many people. Thank you.

[@openchangeau]

Glad to hear Kendra.

[@iNandobaby]

Gread meditation. Extremely relaxing. This will def. be a repeat listen. Quick tip btw: Double tap to like and triple tap to reply.

[@openchangeau]

Great to hear!

[@user-fd6ms6nj5r]

Thanks so much. This is the best guided session for anxiety I’ve tried! After several months of low anxiety I’m currently in a difficult setback so this video is very comforting. I like the idea of letting the anxiety symptoms have their own party while you carry on with your day - makes it less serious 🙏

[@openchangeau]

Great to hear!

[@dwaynemitchell6222]

This was so amazing for me omg 😳 just letting it all happen calming down is hard for me but when I can just get to the point of sitting still and just sinking an letting it all happened this meditation really helps I thank God for this video my anxiety feels like I’m about to have a stroke or heart attack or something it’s the worst thing fight or flight is soooo hard to control or even panick for help I’m guessing you just have to let it be just let it be scary but a leap of faith to show your nerves your ok ✅

[@openchangeau]

Thanks for the feedback and glad to hear you had success in letting go.

[@lyonsclairee.676]

Mine can be that bad as well health anxiety

[@evatempleton5994]

I started practicing this method a see days ago and it truly works. The most important thing to remember is to 34:13 practice!🌹this video came at the right time for me! Thank you so much! I wish I could afford a 1.1 call.

[@openchangeau]

Great to hear it is helping!

[@beckyp.8177]

Thank you so much, this couldn't have come at a better time, stuggled today until I listened to this and actually turned loose🎉❤ saving for future practices and sharing with others.

[@openchangeau]

Wonderful to hear

[@razoraaa]

You describe the way through anxiety better than all the Doctors or psychologist's video's I've seen on KZbin so far. Excellent teaching and thanks for people like you to describe in simple terms how to let go. You are an inspiration to the many people you are helping . I will subscribe right now, thanks!

[@openchangeau]

So glad to hear the videos have been helpful and welcome!

[@barbarross5629]

Thanks!

[@openchangeau]

Thanks for the support!

[@laurela6626]

This is a great meditation! All the ads throw me off though. I do have it saved because it’s helpful.

[@openchangeau]

Glad it helped and sorry about the ads - I think if you upgrade your YT membership it removes them

[@laurela6626]

@@openchangeauthank you! And thank you for sharing your wisdom with us!😊

[@ConsciousGrowing]

Thank you Sam. Great guidedance! You deserve more followers. Just one little hint. For me in Europe the live stream was at 1am. Not my time really😅. But to watch the reply was as precious as watching it live of course🙏

[@openchangeau]

I am glad you got some value! Most of my audience is US based but I will try and schedule some future streams at a more civil time for those in Europe :)

[@madjoan]

Thank you. Night time wake ups are terrible. This helped me.

[@openchangeau]

So pleased to hear it helped.

[@evatempleton5994]

My night wake ups are exactly the same! You contact me anytime

[@damirjokic1797]

Thanks Eddy. Very helpful and simple

[@openchangeau]

Glad to hear Damir and thanks for the support.

[@lorenzo9468]

Great meditation. Good job!

[@openchangeau]

Thank you!

[@evatempleton5994]

How longe did you suffer with anxiety? And what was your journey like and how long did it take you to recover? Thank you! I really love your videos. They are very helpful and inspiring.🙏

[@openchangeau]

Most of the first 30 years of my life and recovery took a year or two, but I got a lot happier long before I recovered.

[@chriscampbell703]

Thank you Sam. What about sad feelings not related to anxiety. Does going loose and the method help with that?

[@openchangeau]

Absolutely Chris - we allow them just as we would anxious thoughts, including emotions like grief

[@jacquelinegolden899]

Just found your work. This was great! Do you recommend doing this type of sitting practice once or twice a day, along with going loose throughout the day? I've had blurred vision and very intense pins and needles in my legs as well as jelly legs. I have to wear shoes all the time, the bottoms of my feet are so sensitive. I've been anxious all my life. Thank you for sharing this!

[@openchangeau]

Yes sitting or lying each day as well as throughout the day is great - just as long as you are not trying to stop or get rid of anything.

[@vekishegassumi5052]

Am not having panic attacks at present but am having headaches,dizziness,intrusive thoughts. I feel like am not doing enough or is it am rushing myself , am confused? My recovery is taking long. I feel like it's taking forever.

[@openchangeau]

We can't rush and it takes time to build a new skill. The more we practice, the easier it gets but we do need to be patient with time. This video about 'when will I recover' might help too kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKDQk6JugJlkqMUsi=g2g0gmj-BDyrnl1T

[@evatempleton5994]

Hello Samuel, thank you so much for this video. This is the first time in about a 11 months I could relax after morning walk up. I suffer with severe generalized anxiety now for a year. Is age makes a difference in recovery?

[@openchangeau]

so pleased to hear it and no, age does not make a difference.

[@user-fd6ms6nj5r]

I was wondering if you have seen people have success applying this allowing technique to chronic pain?

[@openchangeau]

Absolutely and I have chronic pain on my video topic list.

[@mirelgoi7855]

Have you seen Dan Buglio’s videos? They help much especially to chronic pain. Same principles as Sam has! Dr. Sarno & Weekes have similar framework

[@user-fd6ms6nj5r]

Yes I use Dan Buglio’s videos for chronic pain. They are another helpful tool that has helped reduce my symptoms

[@jacquelinegolden899]

Does age make a difference in being able to recover? Thank you. I love this meditation.

[@openchangeau]

No it does not! Thoughts about age and recovery should be treated as simply more anxious thoughts

[@ChristinaAukema-lg8po]

So, is having an emotional breakdown with a lot of crying and feeling despair letting it all happen or fighting? I was having a particularly intense morning with tons of adrenaline and scary thoughts. I was letting it all happen and going loose, but the thoughts kept pounding me and shooting adrenaline so hard that I was drowning in adrenaline and it overwhelmed me to the point of breaking down.

[@openchangeau]

It sounds like a necessary release of pent up energy and emotion which can happen, especially if we are starting to really allow and let go which can be hard when we are not used to it. Keep going with it and you will get there!

[@sgangwal57]

Think of it as opening the flood gates. It will feel more intense at first, but eventually it will begin to settle. The key is to just not resist. Remember you are safe and this is not dangerous. You got this!

[@ChristinaAukema-lg8po]

What do you do when feelings are unbearable, despite going loose? Sometimes it feels like I can't take one more second. Particularly at the beginning of a setback or during benzo withdrawal. Too depleted to exercise beyond walking.

[@itsrinfinity]

It feels like this for all of us healing our anxiety! Though it feels like you can’t take one more second, you most certainly can (unless you are actively dying), and already have, every time you had a panic attack in the past and naturally transitioned away from the peak of experience. Of course it feels like you are petting someone’s dangerous pet for the time being 😭lol. But your body’s ability to release and act on adrenaline is limited, and it will return to baseline no matter what. With this sure fact in mind, the only thing we can do is trudge on with our lives at present, handling things at whatever pace our tired minds are currently capable of. We can only be in one place at once- our mind or in our life, and quite naturally we will find ourselves focused inwards. Let this be. As you continue moving loosely about your daily activities at whatever pace you can presently handle, your inner wisdom will take care of all else for you. Sending the strength to loosen your way- it’s the only option for us, anyway❤️

[@meganobrien1019]

Thankyou so much for sharing this for free Sam 🙏🦄 really awesome -was this like somatic meditation? This is the longest ive been able to "meditate" or "allow", for ages 🙏 really powerful. Super grateful if you could answer this: basically ive been doing NLP type brain retraining with a focus around neuroplasticity , to recover from chronic fatigue syndrome or ling covid (basically as i have learnt,its your nervous system stuck in fight/flight/freeze . Sndthetecare alot of habits and patterns and anxiety /fear loops and brain predictions that keep real symptoms going. But anxiety is a big part of the loop) hard to explain in a tiny comment here haha BUT question is: with the brain retraining ive dine its like redirecting your thoughts and patterns to what you do want, visualization etc. Ive read claire weeks book recently and watched your msin videos. What u teach resonates, but im just wondering if u think your approach of allowing or going loose is kinda a opposite approach to actively "changing your state thru what your thinking and visualization " (basically i want to use ur info, just not sure if these two ways are contradictory or not 🤣🙏🦄

[@openchangeau]

Great to hear Megan! My approach of allowing, is brain rewiring or neuroplasticity. Every time you allow, go loose you are creating or reinforcing new neural pathways to not take anxiety triggers, thoughts, symptoms so seriously. You are forming a calm response as opposed to a flight/fight reaction. So always ALLOW first, and if you want to then redirect or add in more positive thoughts, that's great, but sometimes people try to force the positive thoughts with an expectations to instantly feel better which can have the opposite effect.

[@meganobrien1019]

@@openchangeau this reply is EVERYTHING 🤩🙏🙌 its literally a lightbulb moment for me, finding Claire's work and now your videos. It totally resonates, but I've been confused how to make this work with the NLP I was already doing but your reply here is soooo flipping helpful 🙏🙌🦄❤️ thank you !!

[@Mark-lq9ir]

This has been very effective when anxiety-producing thoughts arise. However, anxiety also occurs when I'm working. It seems challenging to implement this practice while typing on my computer. Any thoughts? Thank you!

[@openchangeau]

Yes we can apply the same principles no matter where we are as per this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5uchKpnpLWlfpY

[@karensaxton6386]

Is floating and acceptance all tied with going loose or should they be seprsred. Thanks

[@openchangeau]

Going loose can be both floating and acceptance. If we go loose but are hoping or waiting for thoughts or symptoms to leave us, then we are not accepting.

[@user-kv1bs5hb6c]

👍 Very much appreciate the video. Question: When I go loose in response to thoughts, symptoms, etc., it involves a shifting of my attention to going loose; while I do this, do I consciously maintain awareness on the thoughts, symptoms, etc.? In other words, if you are shifting the attention to go loose, how do simultaneously have awareness of the thoughts, symptoms, etc.? Thank you.

[@openchangeau]

If your attention is on going loose, you don't need to have awareness of thoughts or symptoms. When your attention reverts back to thoughts or symptoms, you again allow them to be there as you gently switch back to going loose. Repeat as often as needed.

[@meganobrien1019]

@@user-kv1bs5hb6c thank you for asking this question ! I was wondering the same thing 🙌🦄

[@evatempleton5994]

How do I make a contribution? I like to have one on one sessions with you. Is that available!

[@openchangeau]

Yes you can book in here openchange.com.au/anxiety-coaching/ or message me via my website to organize a phone session openchange.com.au/contact/

[@chriscampbell703]

Sam - wanted to get your input on a question about intense feelings that I often get stuck on since I hear conflicting information about it (even within the Claire Weekes community) - when we experience intense feelings, should we 1) take more of a passive approach where we allow the feelings to be there and do their thing while we are present/open and go loose or is it more of 2) a active approach where we put our full attention/awareness in the parts of the body where we feel the feelings? I think what Claire Weekes and David teaches is more aligned with the 1) passive approach (as well as this practice session) but I have heard of others that say that active approach of more actively feeling the feelings and tracking sensations (without getting stuck on thoughts about them) can be helpful too (Claire Weekes might touch on this too). Would love your thoughts and perspective on this. Perhaps it is not so black or white.

[@openchangeau]

Good question - definitely option 1 is what I recommend Chris. Remember it's not totally passive - you can go loose while thoughts or symptoms rage as we walk to the kitchen, make a coffee, go to the supermarket etc. Option 2 is great if it works for you, but I think allowing and going loose is far easier. Allowing = facing and accepting Going loose = floating I understand the idea of observing and tracking but we can very quickly get consumed by the intense sensations if we do this.

[@chriscampbell703]

@@openchangeau This makes sense, Sam. Thanks very much for clarifying.

[@kodi336]

So I understand thoughts, they can be random and unusual and just plain strange but what about triggers? Different? My trigger is a thought… am I to allow the trigger to be there or face my trigger? Say my trigger was heights or the thoughts of being somewhere up high would I allow that to be a thought or if I’m in that situation do I stay and allow the actual “danger” anxiety makes you question everything.. it’s exhausting. I guess my question is do we treat a trigger the same as a thought?

[@openchangeau]

Anxious thoughts include thoughts ABOUT triggers i.e. height. So, yes allow them as you would other thoughts or sensations. If you are walking along a bridge and you start getting symptoms or thoughts about the height, you go loose and allow.

[@evatempleton5994]

Do you have a way to contact you on the phone?

[@noreenfarrell2968]

Thanks!

[@openchangeau]

Thanks for the support Noreen

[@susanambrose1749]

Thanks!

[@openchangeau]

Thanks for the support.

[@anitabeebe1]

Thanks!

[@openchangeau]

Thanks for the support 🙏

[@chriscampbell703]

Thanks!

[@noreenfarrell2968]

Thanks!

[@openchangeau]

Thanks for the support Noreen.