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I used to get those too... Mine were related to past trauma, though.

This is a basic Yoga Pranayama Ujaye practice that works for me, only takes 5-10 minutes a day:

Stand firmly with you feet rooted into the ground, shoulders pulled down, sternum up, butt slightly tense, (Mountain Pose in yoga).

Now take a deep breath starting with your throat, but let it go all the way down to the base of your spine. Fill your whole body with breath. Keep your tougue on the roof of your mouth while you do this.

Exhale in the same fashion.

Once you have that down, on the inhale, raise your arms skyward AFTER you have started the breath, pause at the top, looking upward, and then begin the exhale, and lower your arms downward to the original position.

As you do this, visulize warm, receptive energy up the front of your body coming from the top down on the inhale, and rigid, steel, strength energy coming up your spine on the exhale.

What you are doing is building a strength that is receptive and a receptivity that is strong.

Put another way:

"A Heart of Gold with a Spine of Steel"

If you dedicate 5-10 minutes a day to doing this practice, things will become more clear.

Have faith...

You haven't let me down. Quite the opposite.

Perhaps you're letting others set goals for you that're too high? Or maybe you're punishing yourself by setting impossible tasks because you know afterwards you'll feel bad?

What love have you felt today?