Anxiety, stress and fear can manifest in symptoms such as racing heart, swirling thoughts, nausea etc. etc. Stress is not ‘all in the mind’, it is well and truly manifesting in our bodies. When we are ‘in knots’ in our mind, we develop neuromuscular contractions (knots) in the body. This can show up in tight shoulders, back pain, headaches etc. When we engage in anxious thoughts (stinking thinking), we activate a spiral of secondary suffering.  When this happens, the sympathetic nervous system gets activated, which is not good for health if it is switched on too often or for too long.   When t ..read more