16/04/2025
Anxiety - Help Your Mind Slow Down & Your Body Rest
Anxiety isn’t just in your head—it’s in your body too. The racing thoughts, tight chest, restless energy, and sense of unease create the feeling of being constantly on edge, always bracing for something.
Maybe you can’t turn your mind off at night, even when you’re exhausted. Maybe you feel jittery, unfocused, or overwhelmed by small things. Maybe your body holds onto anxiety as tight shoulders, a clenched jaw, digestive upset, or a racing heart.
In Chinese medicine, anxiety is a sign that your energy (Qi) is ungrounded-like a tree trying to grow strong without deep roots. When your system is out of balance, your nervous system stays stuck in a constant state of alertness instead of moving through cycles of calm and rest.
Anxiety doesn’t have to just be “the way it is”.
Here’s how acupuncture, therapeutic massage and Chinese medicine can help anxiety:
*Calms the nervous system - Acupuncture and therapeutic massage shift your body out of fight-or-flight mode and into deep relaxation, helping you feel safe, settled, and present.
*Brings Qi back down - When energy is stuck in the upper body (racing thoughts, tension, tight chest), acupuncture and therapeutic massage ground it, helping you feel anchored and at ease.
*Supports emotional resilience - Acupuncture and therapeutic massage help regulate stress hormones, so you respond to life’s challenges with more clarity and less overwhelm.
*Releases tension stored in the body - Tight muscles, digestive upset, or shallow breathing? Acupuncture and therapeutic massage unwind the physical effects of anxiety, so your body can finally relax.
Chinese medicine has been helping people cultivate inner calm for thousands of years - not by suppressing anxiety, but by gently restoring balance so your system knows how to relax naturally.
Feeling grounded, resourced and resilient is possible for YOU.
If anxiety is getting in the way of you feeling like yourself, acupuncture and therapeutic massage can help bring you back to center.
Call or text 619-252-0045 to schedule an appointment or visit the link in bio to book now.
Your nervous system deserves some support.