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		<title>By: Tarsila</title>
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		<description>Hi Luz

Well I started writing you an email about panic, but then I got a bit confused and decided to leave it to another day.

Then I came back here and found this text about panic.

Well this is how my panic was:

I would feel like if the floor was moving, or like if it was burning and I couldn&#039;t quite remain still and calm, I felt like I wasn&#039;t supposed to step on the floor, like I was unworthy to do so, like if I was gonna fall backwards, like if I wanted to disappear - especially when other people were around.

What helped me a lot was to focus on my feet, really feel my feet touching the floor, really feel like I was worthy of stepping that very piece of floor. and for some reason that would really calm down my mind. 

That was enough dancing for that time - standing still and feeling my feet. Learning how to feel less of a hostage. Learning to own back my space, to be powerful again. practising to feel my body and my soul stable and whole as a mountain.

It hurted for a while, felt really awkward, sometimes I felt like I was gonna vomit - but most of the panic went away with time. 

I hope that at least most of your panic goes away too.

I even dance now, sometimes :)

best wishes to you!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Luz</p>
<p>Well I started writing you an email about panic, but then I got a bit confused and decided to leave it to another day.</p>
<p>Then I came back here and found this text about panic.</p>
<p>Well this is how my panic was:</p>
<p>I would feel like if the floor was moving, or like if it was burning and I couldn&#8217;t quite remain still and calm, I felt like I wasn&#8217;t supposed to step on the floor, like I was unworthy to do so, like if I was gonna fall backwards, like if I wanted to disappear &#8211; especially when other people were around.</p>
<p>What helped me a lot was to focus on my feet, really feel my feet touching the floor, really feel like I was worthy of stepping that very piece of floor. and for some reason that would really calm down my mind. </p>
<p>That was enough dancing for that time &#8211; standing still and feeling my feet. Learning how to feel less of a hostage. Learning to own back my space, to be powerful again. practising to feel my body and my soul stable and whole as a mountain.</p>
<p>It hurted for a while, felt really awkward, sometimes I felt like I was gonna vomit &#8211; but most of the panic went away with time. </p>
<p>I hope that at least most of your panic goes away too.</p>
<p>I even dance now, sometimes <img src='http://luzmcosta.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>best wishes to you!</p>
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