Valeria interviews Dr. Anne Ruitberg Taylor, the author of 7 Ancient Rituals to Heal Modern High-Functioning Anxiety
Why is it that an overwhelming majority of doctor visits are due to stress (75-90%) and yet most of us are never taught how to manage the stressors in our lives? When stress becomes chronic it can manifest into high-functioning anxiety and stress-induced depression.
These are not clinical levels of disease; rather, a reaction to today’s modern world.
Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress and can serve us in challenging situations. Anxiety raises a “red flag” that something is wrong. It alerts us to dangers and helps us prepare to mobilize to safety. When this early warning system remains on high alert throughout the day we have a problem that affects our health, happiness, and well-being.
High-functioning anxiety is not a clinical condition, yet it’s exhausting and impacts your health and well-being. Anxiety is your body’s natural response to prolonged exposure to unmanaged stress. When you always feel like the other shoe is about to drop, your anxiety can be triggered.
What can we learn about stress and anxiety from Wisdom traditions that practiced Ancient Rituals? New paradigms in healing high-functioning anxiety will involve more than talk therapy, the body has to get into the healing act and Ancient Ritual practices do just that!
Dr. Anne Taylor’s current work resulted from an alchemical process combining her scientific background, mythological/depth psychological academic work, and applied consciousness of Kundalini yoga. As a and former Senior Director of Research and Development for an International cardiac monitoring device corporation, clinical chemist and hematology technology experience, with her academic research as a mythologist (emphasis on depth psychology) infused with Kundalini Yoga philosophy and teaching experience. Anne specializes in the psyche-somatic connection of the heart and brain and the technology of Kundalini Yoga as applied consciousness.
Anne holds a B.S. in Medical Biology from S.U.N.Y. and a Ph.D. in Mythological Studies with emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is a member of the 3HO Global Foundation.
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