-GUEST BIOGRAPHY-

Khan Ramkeesoon, a former licensed mental health therapist, now works as a group facilitator and coach specializing in embodied transformation and playfulness. An immigrant from Trinidad & Tobago of South Asian descent, Khan brings a rich cultural heritage and personal experience to their practice. As a queer and non-binary individual, Khan helps clients connect with their inner wisdom and experience greater love and joy amidst complex emotions.

PRACTICES: 

• When experiencing anxiety, get curious and tune into the sensations in the body. Explore what memories, concerns, desires and needs are there. Then, inquire into what else is present and what more you need to know. Finally, offer support and presence to the part of you that is feeling the anxiety. 
• Ask how yourself how you are feeling about the anxiety.
• Adjust your breath to calm down. For instance, you can add an extended exhale. 
• To improve your capacity to navigate anxiety, you can think of something challenging. Then relax your body and extend your exhale.  
• Do a death practice where you lie down and imagine your death. Alternatively, do a year-long practice where you imagine you are going to die. 

IDEAS: 

• Anxiety is an alert that something is going on. It is not bad. 
• From that initial alert, we can attach additional layers of interpretation. 
• It makes sense that we feel anxiety in social situations because our connections are meaningful for our survival. 
• Instead of considering whether your level of anxiety is normal, consider whether it is affecting the way that you would like to be functioning in the world. 
• Someone who has lots of anxiety is just picking up on a lot of things. There doesn’t need to be judgement about it; this ability can also be considered a gift. 
• You don’t need to intellectualize or rationalize with the part of you that is anxious.
• Running away will also not help. 
• As compared to stress, anxiety often has an element of feeling danger. 
• Imagine a world where people are excited about death in the context of union & connection. 
• By being in stillness and in coherence you can help anxious people who are around you.

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