The state of absorbed, non-fragmented awareness where anxiety dissolves because consciousness is unified rather than split between anxious thoughts and resistance.
Samadhi—variously translated as absorption, integration, or enlightenment—represents the culmination of yoga practice: consciousness unified and free from the split awareness that sustains anxiety. Anxiety lives in fragmentation: part of us worries while another part judges ourselves for worrying; we simultaneously want relief yet fear recovery. Samadhi dissolves these internal conflicts through unified attention. Even brief glimpses—during meditation, flow states, or deep focus—show that anxiety cannot coexist with integrated consciousness. Patanjali distinguishes samprajnata samadhi (conscious absorption with object) from asamprajnata samadhi (objectless absorption). Practically, anxiety treatment benefits from cultivating moments of unified attention: full engagement in a single task, meditation on a mantra or breath, or flow-state activities where worry cannot intrude. These glimpses retrain the nervous system and prove to sufferers that freedom from anxiety is possible.
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