Comments on: How My Depression Led to a Zen Awakening about Self Love

By: Ray Morneau

Ray Morneau — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:04:50 +0000

Sifu Anthony, Zen Wizard, Thank You for sharing your wisdom!!!
[… and Ziggy … and Akemi, too!]
I talk to myself and the Universe frequently … this will help me be more forcefully engaged!
Namaste!
Ray

By: Kimmm

Kimmm — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 05:24:11 +0000

This article describes exactly how I’ve been feeling lately. Being a college student and adjusting to so many changes in my life i have truly learned what it means to love yourself. Enjoying your own company, and not relying on anyone for your happiness is invigorating. Dealing with depression almost makes you feel as though you can’t find happiness within yourself so the only way you can feel it is from other people. It feels really good to be content with who you are for once rather than how others make you feel. Great article!

By: Mahshar

Mahshar — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 19:52:24 +0000

Sifu Anthony Korahis,

As I read through this article, I had several epiphanies. I felt the rush that came with the air of enlightenment’s run towards me.

Would love to learn more.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 18:23:18 +0000

Hi there
I’m so happy I came across this page as it feels like me. I’m in a place of complete sadness, not knowing how to love myself and where to ever start and this felt like a shining beacon at a needed time.
I totally relate to the negative thinking and beating myself up all the time and each time I try to “be happy or positive” my mind allows it for a short period of time before reminding me again that I cant do it or I’m not meant to be that way. Its soul destroying and I want to live a healthy fulfilling life with happiness. I will definitely be trying Qigong out and trying to tell the asshole in my head to go away. Maybe one day it’ll listen!

By: sharonnepe268@msn.com

sharonnepe268@msn.com — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 02:58:56 +0000

Thanks for sharing this. It is a brilliant technique that I will use on myself but also a few of my Mental health clients that have the challenge of negative berating voices. You are right. We must get rid of these horrid way of speaking to ourselves for things to change.

By: Sifu Anthony Korahais

Sifu Anthony Korahais — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 13:58:29 +0000

In reply to Karin.

Hi Karin. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and thanks for being vulnerable.

I know what it’s like to have chronic pain that interferes with sleeping. At one point, I felt like I hadn’t slept in a year!

I will do my best to help you, whether it’s through the “Battling Depression and Anxiety” course, or our Facebook support group for those battling depression and anxiety, or in any other way that I can be helpful.

You are definitely not alone!

By: Karin

Karin — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 13:17:10 +0000

I’m 66 and have been struggling with depression on and off for most of my life, except for a brief period when my children were young, and I was enthralled with watching them grow. Now I have many worries, along with chronic pain that is fortunately not debilitating physically, but keeps me from ever sleeping well.

I’ve been practicing qigong, for several years, and I find this moving form of meditation much easier than sitting practices, as the movement helps me to quiet those negative thoughts. Thank you for posting your insights here. I find my emotional struggles now, at my age, to be much more difficult than when I was younger, as my place in the world is actually very vulnerable, and my task is to somehow ignore this frightening reality. I’m hoping that your qigong course for anxiety and depression will help to lift me out of a very dark place, so I will sign up when I’m able to. Thank you for being so open…makes me realize that I’m not completely alone.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 14:21:54 +0000

For me, this is one of the most powerful articles you have written. Thank you.

By: Arya Warsitha

Arya Warsitha — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 15:01:57 +0000

Thankyou Sifu. That is my problem in my qigong training, to throw away asshole from my head.

By: Geraldine

Geraldine — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 21:39:49 +0000

Thank you for this very straight forward and clear article coming straight from the heart..I’ve never thought about self criticism this way. The “asshole in my head” is probably more about fear; fear that I’m not smart enough or fast enough etc. I will work on that!