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Self promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Sunday, September 25th, 2011 3:31pm PDT - promote requested by original submitter ZappaDanMan.

The animation is a little cheesy, but I love the message! I do hot yoga three times a week and have noticed a huge difference in my level of stress and anxiety.

I was raised being constantly reminded about the power of positive thinking and of positive self-talk. Awesome to see a scientific journal substantiating that.

@LittleRed *nods* I have Tony Soprano levels of anxiety attacks. Yoga and meditation has helped a lot.

http://www.uni-graz.at/psy9www_sul_09ws_vo_krueger_wood_et_al.__2009_.pdf

@berticus yeah.. this sift does seem to fall flat on it's ass, halfway through reading that PDF. When you think of some of the workplace workgroups (communication seminars.. ect.).. which fuel the whole self help movement:

"Injunctions to ‘‘think positively’’ are pervasive in North America.
Self-help books, television shows, and loved ones advise
thinking positively when one faces a challenge or is unhappy.
Yet the present results suggest that for certain people, positive
self-statements may be not only ineffective, but actually detrimental.
When people with low self-esteem repeated the statement,
‘‘I’m a lovable person’’ (Study 2), or focused on ways in
which this statement was true of them (Study 3), neither their
feelings about themselves nor their moods improved—"

I got more reading to do
Regards,
ZDM

@ZappaDanMan: actually I think this sift has a lot of value! It's just not the whole picture.