Embodied Philosophy

Healing Stress

A Buddhist & Psychoanalytic Approach to Working with Anxiety in Body, Mind & Spirit


  • Develop an appreciation for anxiety's protective function

  • Transform habituated struggles with anxiety

  • Engage the autonomic nervous system to reduce anxiety and its aftermath

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Transform your ongoing relationship with Anxiety

This course offers the unique opportunity to . . .

. . . change your relationship to anxiety, culling meaning from its impact on the body and mind.

. . . replace feelings of dread with increased feelings of agency.

. . . let compassion become the ground that holds even the subtlest arisings of anxiety.

Insight into why we experience Stress

Why do we dread becoming anxious? In Buddhist psychology and Western psychotherapy we find a wealth of insight into the immense challenge we faced when stressed. Most notably, the body and mind can become gripped with anxiety as a way of warding off future difficulties.

In this course we'll explore the origins of anxiety, how it can be worked through in healing relationships, and navigated through increased insight into the nature of mind and body.


No one wants to feel anxious. And yet, when we make efforts to yank ourselves out of its grip, we miss key insights into the nature of its origins.

Cultivate a healthy relationship with anxiety and discover the genuine freedom that can be accessed when we respond with a deeper awareness.


This course is for anyone interested in exploring anxiety for personal, professional, or collective healing.

Participants in this course will:

  • Learn methods for transforming anxiety into heightened awareness and insight.

  • Be able to identify primary causes, both historical and current, for anxiety and apply needed antidotes to the symptoms generated by anxiety.

  • Learn to utilize the autonomic nervous system as a signal for increased reflection, that reduces anxiety and its aftermath.

  • Develop tools for working with anxiety as a psychological indicator that needed change is on the horizon.

  • Enhance abilities to express and navigate anxiety within interpersonal relationships, fostering a more open and supportive dialogue.

  • Learn to utilize creative outlets such as art, writing, or movement as alternative avenues for self-discovery and emotional release.