that thing, I’d feel better. This included life events, like getting
that job or moving to
that city. But it especially pertained to yoga poses. As someone with lifelong anxiety, I was always rushing through things to get to the end, hoping I would find peace there.
But whenever I did get to the other side of things, especially when it was a yoga pose, nothing remarkable ever really happened. No balloons fell from the sky or alarm bells rang. No one ran out applauding, “You did it!” My anxiety always remained. In fact, it was often heightened, and I’d find myself asking, “Now what?”