Stress Relief Relaxation

10 Ways To Recover During Panic Attack Which Lead to Stress

2010-06-10T05:41:00.000-07:00

1. Analyze it and see it as no more than a physical feeling. Do not be bluffed by a physical feeling. Do not run away from fear.

2. Accept all the strange sensations connected with your illness. Do not fight them. Float past them. Recognize that they are temporary. Let there be no self-pity.

3. Don't waste your time on "What might have been" and "If only . . .".Solve your problem as quickly as you can, if not with action, just be open minded. Face sorrow and know that time will bring relief.

4. Be occupied. Do not lie in bed brooding. Be occupied calmly, not feverishly trying to forget yourself.

Remember that the strength in a muscle may depend on the confidence with which it is used.

5. Accept your obsessions and be prepared to live with them temporarily. Do not fight them by trying to push them away. Let time do that.

6. Remember, your recovery does not necessarily depend "entirely on you," as so many people are so ready to tell you. You may need help. Accept it willingly, without shame.

7. Do not measure your progress day by day. Don't count the months, years you have been ill and despair at the thought of them. Once you are on the right road to recovery, recovery is inevitable, however protracted your illness may have been.

8. Remember, withdrawal is your jailer. Recovery lies on the other side of panic. Recovery lies in the places you fear. Do not be discouraged if you cannot make decisions while you are ill. When you are well, decisions will be more easily made.

9. Never accept total defeat. It is never too late to give yourself another chance.

10. Practice, don't test. Face. Accept. Float. Let time pass. If you do this, you will recover.

Natural Treatment: Stress and Anxiety Disorders

2010-06-03T06:29:00.000-07:00

What is the main effect of stress? As we all know, it lowers the normal functioning of our body's immune system. The result will be, our body will become more vulnerable to several other illnesses and conditions. For most people who is always stressed out, he most common symptom of stress is recurring headaches which is also known as stress headaches.

What are the Symptoms of Stress?

Stress is the term we used to describe the human body's failure to respond appropriately to emotional or physical threats.

This will result to our body under the state of alarm. This will then lead to adrenaline production increase.

What are the common symptoms of stress?

You will know you are stressed if you are:

Irritable
Your muscles are tense
You have trouble concentrating
You are suffering from stress headaches
You have increased heart rate
You are often exhausted

In order to avoid being stressed out, there are many natural remedies and lifestyle changes that a person can do to cope up with stress. In these way you can reduce the effects of stress on your body and mind. Eat foods that have natural anti-oxidants like oranges, melons, berries, broccoli and carrots. Avoid eating spicy and greasy foods for these foods are difficult to digest. This will then increase the pressure on the body.

What Can You Do To Manage Stress?

For some of us, stress management can be hard but with proper training and discipline, anyone can cope up with stress.

Meditation Stress Relief

Because stress is a natural part of our everyday life, stress is the body's reaction to any change that requires the body to adjust or respond. Stress can be manifested in physical forms. This can cause headaches, upset stomach, elevated blood pressure, chest pain, sleeping problems, nervous tension, and anxiety.

Regular meditation is one key to lessen the stress that we feel. Self confidence, energy levels and productivity all receive a boost from meditation. This will help improve or stabilize our condition because stress levels will go down. This will then reduce stress related conditions and illnesses. Also, a person's mood can improve especially when anxiety and stress levels are reduced. Stress is no longer a chronic condition to them.

What Can Vitamins Do

Until now, prescription of vitamins for stress is a controversial issue. Vitamins that are needed by our body are micronutrients. These are elements that out body needs in minute quantities for carrying out metabolic, enzymatic and certain hormonal activities in our body. This is but with the exception of Vitamin K which is produced in smaller amounts in our body by the intestinal flora and vitamin D which is produced in the skin but all the other vitamins are to be provided from outside either through food or as supplements.

Use of Deep Breathing

Even as simple as breathing can bring us peace. Average person only uses around twenty percent of their lung capacity. Through constant practice, we can learn how to tap into our lung's full potential. Sending better oxygen content to all the cells of the body can bring dramatic changes in general health and mood.

What one should do is to schedule the deep breathing exercise. Like other important aspect in our life, this should also given enough time. Set aside a minimum of two 10 minute segments of time everyday although you can begin with two five minutes segments if you prefer. This way, you will be honoring yourself enough to schedule time with yourself. Tend your relationship with yourself and your relationship with Life and you will see that everything will come to order.

Stress Relief Relaxation: Going to the Beach!

2010-05-27T07:41:00.000-07:00

Weekend getaway, away from the busy city lights... stress relief relaxation.

Concepcion Iloilo, Philippines is compromised of 25 barangay’s, 11 of which are distributed in its 16 component islands.

Most popular are the beautiful islands of Agho, Bulubadiangan and Tambaliza.

Serenely set in a sea whose waters range from palest aquamarine and turquoise to deepest sapphire and lapis lazuli and are threaded by an unbroken line of white sand.

They are linked to the mainland by motorized banca from the municipal fishing port.

Concepcion can be reached in 2 to 2.5 hours by bus from Tagbak Terminal in Jaro, Iloilo City, Philippines.

Bulubadiangan Island

Concepcion, Iloilo, Philippines

Meditating, yoga or simply relaxing in this peaceful haven brings me inner calmness that I simply cannot get while clouded by our busy lifestyle in the city.

Sandbar Island

Yoga for Pain Relief Advise

2010-05-08T01:12:00.000-07:00

Yoga for Pain Relief Advise

by Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D

It's no secret that yoga increases muscular flexibility and strength, but you may not know that yoga is a proven treatment for back pain, knee pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and other chronic pain conditions.

Yoga also helps to ease the stress, anxiety, and depression that can create and reinforce pain, making you feel more comfortable in both your mind and your body. Written by a yoga instructor and former chronic pain sufferer, Yoga for Pain Relief is packed with gentle postures and practical strategies for ending pain. This complete mind-body tool kit for healing also includes deep relaxation practices drawn from the yogic tradition and psychological techniques for helping you make peace with your body and dissolve pain.

As the ancient practice of yoga releases the hold that chronic pain has over your life, you will begin to feel more like yourself again.

Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., is a health psychologist teaching at Stanford University. Her work focuses on the connections between stress, emotions, relationships, culture, and health. McGonigal is the editor in chief of the International Journal of Yoga Therapy, a peer-reviewed journal of research on yoga, meditation, and integrative medicine. She is the author of Yoga for Pain Relief: Simple Practices to Calm Your Mind and Heal Your Pain.

All Stressed Out: Pressures in Today's Society

2010-05-05T01:54:00.000-07:00

"All Stressed Out: Pressures in Today's Society"

HoustonPBS

We see it everywhere: recession and work anxieties building up to cause depression and uncertainty in both our home and work lives;

school students acting out in a harassing manner;

local, national and international unrest creating fear and pressure within ourselves;

the worry of natural disasters from flood, hurricanes and earthquakes.

How is all of this pressure affecting us as a people and a community? How do we cope with the mounting stress? And what can be done to bring our lives back into balance?

Guests: Dr. Britta Ostermeyer, Chief of Psychiatry, Ben Taub General Hospital/Harris County Hospital District; John Vincent, Ph.D, Psychology, University of Houston; Lee Miller, Ph.D, Sociology, Sam Houston State University; original broadcast date April 16, 2010.

Experts Bio:

As a clinician administrator, Dr. Ostermeyer has administrative oversight of all psychiatric service lines at Ben Taub General Hospital/Harris County Hospital District. In 2005, she co-founded and implemented the Community Behavioral Health Program (CBHP); CBHP is one of the largest integrated psychiatry-primary care programs in the nation.

Dr. Ostermeyer placed psychiatrists and psychotherapists shoulder to shoulder with primary care physicians into 15 large scale primary care centers within Harris County Hospital District and for that received the prestigious 2007 Gold Award for Service Achievement by the American Psychiatric Association.

She also oversees the clinical operations of the Texas DMIE Project and was instrumental in the implementation of a MedPsych Inpatient Unit, a Psychiatric Trauma Clinic, and an OB Psychiatry Clinic at Ben Taub General Hospital in 2007.

In 2008, Harris County Hospital District nominated and sponsored Dr. Ostermeyer to received the highly respected fellowship training program for one year of intensive training and coaching in varies aspects of hospital administration by the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems.

Dr. Vincent received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Oregon in 1972, and is Professor of Psychology at the University of Houston. In addition to his role as Department Chairman, for sixteen years he has served as Director of Clinical Psychology, which is among the top 15% of clinical psychology programs nationally and the top rated program in Texas.

He also serves as Director of the Center for Forensic Psychology and is Executive Director of Forensic Psychology Services at the University of Houston. Dr. Vincent has also served as Director of the Victims' Resource Institute, where based on his dedication on behalf of victims of trauma and violence he was recognized by the U. S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime.

He also holds a clinical faculty appointment at Baylor College of Medicine. He has maintained a practice in clinical and forensic psychology for over 30 years. He has been a licensed clinical psychologist in the State of Texas since 1974 and is board certified as a clinical psychologist with the American Board of Professional Psychology.

Dr. Lee M. Miller received her Ph.D from Yale University 1995. Before joining. SHSU Sociology Department. She was Chief Academic Officer for Brethren Colleges Abroad (BCA), a study abroad consortium with undergraduate programs in 16 countries.

For over a decade prior to joining BCA, Dr. Miller lived and worked in Italy. At Dickinson College's Center for European Studies in Bologna, Italy, Dr. Miller taught comparative sociology and created Dickinson's internship program there. Dr. Miller was also a guest lecturer on economic development and international cooperation at several Italian graduate programs.

Her background includes an appointment with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as Program Officer in Italy for The Joint Program on Small and Medium Enterprise Development aimed at encouraging economic growth in emerging countries, especially India and Tunisia.

Numerous research projects on Italian small-firm networks while employed at the Italian economic research institute, Nomisma, also attest to Miller's interest in political economy and organizations. Current research interests include political economy, social organization, inequality and deviance. She is fluent in Italian and published in three languages.

Why Managing Your Energy Instead of Time Reduces Stress?

2010-04-29T02:04:00.000-07:00

4 principles To Focus Your Energy, Not Time,is the

Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal

This is a excerpt from the book ,The Power of Full Engagement,by James E Loehr, Jim Loehr, Tony Schwartz. Energy, not time, is our most precious resource. Energy is the fundamental currency of high performance.

Performance, health and happiness are grounded in the skillful management of energy. Leaders are the stewards of organizational energy—in companies, organizations,and even in families.

They inspire or demoralize others first by how effectively,they manage their own energy and next by how well they mobilize, focus, invest and renew the collective energy of those they lead.

The skillful management of energy, individually and organizationally, makes possible something that we call full engagement.

Full engagement is the energy state that best serves performance.

Principle 1: Full engagement requires drawing on four separate but related

sources of energy: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.

Principle 2: Because energy diminishes both with overuse and with underuse, we

must balance energy expenditure with intermittent energy renewal.

Principle 3: To build capacity we must push beyond our normal limits, training in

the same systematic way that elite athletes do.

Principle 4: Positive energy rituals—highly specific routines for managing

energy—are the key to full engagement and sustained high performance.

Energy is simply the capacity to do work. Our most fundamental need as human beings is to spend and recover energy.

Increase the intensity of the training or the performance demand, and it is necessary to commensurately increase the amount of energy renewal. Fail to do so and the athlete will experience a measurable deterioration in performance.

Too much energy expenditure without sufficient recovery eventually leads to burnout and breakdown. (Overuse it and lose it.) Too much recovery without sufficient stress leads to atrophy and weakness. (Use it or lose it.)

It is in the spaces between work that love, friendship, depth and dimension are nurtured. Without time for recovery, our lives become a blur of doing unbalanced by much opportunity for being.

We live in a world that celebrates work and activity, ignores renewal and recovery, and fails to recognize that both are necessary for sustained high performance.

Intermittently disengaging is what allows us to passionately reengage. It is not the intensity of energy expenditure that produces burnout, impaired performance and physical breakdown, but rather the duration of expenditure without recovery.

Expert Bio:

Tony Schwartz is the President and CEO of The Energy Project, which helps individuals and organizations perform at their best. Tony's last book, The Power of Full Engagement, co-authored with Jim Loehr, was a Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestseller and has been translated into 28 languages. Tony's article "Manage Energy, Not Time: The Science of Stamina," co-authored with Catherine McCarthy, was published in the October, 2007 Harvard Business Review. Tony co-authored the #1 worldwide bestseller The Art of the Deal with Donald Trump and also wrote What Really Matters: Searching for Wisdom in America.

Dr. Jim Loehr is a world-renowned performance psychologist,Co-Founder of the Human Performance Institute, and author of 15 books including his most recent, The Power of Story. He also co-authored the national bestseller The Power of Full Engagement.

Dr. Loehr’s ground-breaking, science-based energy management training system has achieved world-wide recognition and has been chronicled in leading national publications including the Harvard Business Review, Business Week, Fortune, Newsweek, Time, US News and World Report, Success, Fast Company and Omni. He has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s Nightline with Ted Koppel, The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and CBS Morning News and the Oprah Winfrey Show.

Mind Tricks That Relieved Stress

2010-04-26T08:40:00.000-07:00

3 Magic Daydreaming Revealed!

The practice was first coined by Emil Coucel, during 1882 to 1910 working as an apothecary at Troyes, a French psychologist and pharmacist who introduced a method of psychotherapy and self-improvement based on optimistic autosuggestion (Daydreaming).

His mantra was

"all of your thoughts become reality – you are what you think your are."

He became known for reassuring his clients by praising each remedy's efficiency and leaving a small positive notice with each given medication.

42 years later, this practice was applied to cancer patient treatment which was pioneered by Stepahanie Mathews and O. Carl Simonton. Dr. O. Carl Simonton (1942-2009) build Simonton Center , the first cancer counseling program to recognize the role and importance of family and personal support and to include them in the treatment plan.

After almost 40 years of operation, the Simonton Cancer Center has helped tens of thousands of patients and their families, and still attracts national and worldwide attention.

The Bridge is OUT!!

To allow your subconscious mind manifest the outcome you want , you must put a bridge between your subconscious and conscious mind. One way is to use daydreaming technique and there are five rules you need to undergo before performing the daydreaming.

Five rules to follow to performing the 3 magic daydreaming techniques.

1. Loosen all clothing , lie in a clean quite place, allow to close your eye slow.

2. Feel your body, locate the exact spot of the muscles that produces tension, as much as you can you need yo relax this.

3. After you have loosen all the tension on cause by your muscles or clothing. Involve all of your senses: sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste. Imagine the site of virgin beach with white sand underfoot, white crisp cloud and blue sky. Then add some sounds: wind breeze from the shore, wave splashing, chirping of the flying birds. Feel the ground: the sand thru your foot.

4. Use affirmations. Repeating short positive statements that affirm your body to relax quickly. Avoid negative use of affirmation such as “I am not tense”, instead use positive affirmation tenses like “I am letting go of tension”. Some other positive affirmations you can use are:

Every Cell in my body vibrates with energy and health

My body heals quickly and easily

I know that I deserve Love and accept it now

I attract only healthy relationships

When I believe in myself, so do others

Life is a joy filled with delightful surprises

I am harmony with life.

Peace is within me

I can relax at will

Tension flow from my body.

5. Use this technique for three times a day. It is best to practice this method during morning and night while you are in bed. After some practice, you will able to daydreaming while waiting in the doctor’s office or any activity which you are at idle.

Make sure you use those rules before performing the 3 daydreaming techniques.

Everybody daydreams but so far it is unknown to most of us that it is useful mind trick to relieved stress. You can harness and employ it for enhancing your life thru taping the power of the mind to relax and ignore stress.

3 Magic Daydreaming Revealed!

There are 3 effective daydreaming techniques and its up to you which to pick. I suggest you do it all and select at random. Here are the list:

Receptive Daydreaming

Here you empty your mind, sketch a blurred picture, relaxing with a complete surrender. You might ask ask, “Why cant I relax?” the answer might surface unto to your consciousness , “because you cant say no to people”.

You might imagine also that you are in the beach you can touch,smell and hear the roaring of the sea. The complete script can be found here

Program Daydreaming

A female runner used this and set a record for her age group. What she did was, created an image, full with clear sight, taste, sound and smell.

She imagine specific, measurable ,attainable, result oriented ,time bounded daily goal and repeat the process The complete script can be found here. This is better performered daily as early morning ritual.

Guided daydreaming

In this technique, devised by the psychoanalyst Leuner, the patient it taught to visualize a standard series of scenes such as a meadow, a mountain, a house, and a swamp. Later, the patient's imaginings are examined for sources of conflict, irrational beliefs, and interpersonal problems. The complete script can be found here.

You can practice this visualization/daydreaming relaxation as often as you wish, to provide a mental vacation whenever you need it.

Visualization/daydreaming relaxation is a skill that can be learned; the more you practice, the more skilled you will become and more effectively you will be able to relax using visualization/daydreaming.

P.S.

The effectiveness of day dreaming is applied to stress related and physical illness including muscle spasm to situation-specific anxiety. The relief of symptoms can be immediate or take several weeks of practice. The more correct practice you make the faster it is.

Why Care to be Mindful for Stress Reduction And Healing: Awareness Science

2010-04-23T01:06:00.000-07:00

To be Aware or Not to be Aware?

Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D

Summary:

Jon will describe the revolution in medicine that has occurred over the past 30 years that has integrated the mind back into the body and developed a remarkable range of practices for integrating one's experience, reducing stress, healing the body, coping more effectively with emotions such as anxiety, anger, and depression, and cultivating greater well-being and happiness.

His work has been instrumental in bringing Buddhist meditative practices, as he likes to say, "without the Buddhism" to full acceptance within the mainstream of medicine, psychology, and health care, and has shown them to be effective in people suffering from a wide range of medical...

Experts Bio:

Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., is the founding director of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, as well as professor of medicine emeritus. He lives in the Boston area. Hor Tuck Loon has been guiding meditation for the past twenty years, drawing parallels from many ancient wisdom teachings and also from his years of experience in the journey of mindfulness. He lives in Malaysia.

How to Meditate While Sitting To Relieve Stress in Just 4 Steps

2010-04-22T07:55:00.000-07:00

Quick Guide to Stress Tricky Attack

The secret is on the Breathing... so you need to focus on this and it is easy.

1. Choose a relax sitting posture, back straight and pull up your chest, imagine like theirs a string pulling you chest upward ;).

2. Be conscious to the gentle rhythm of your breath, which is the rise and fall of your chest. Sensationalize the you inhale and exhale. Breath thru your nose,exhale thru your mouth or vice verse. Feel the sensation of your lung and diagram.

3. Whenever you caught your mind wanders or disturb with toughs, don't fight it, simply acknowledge them and calmly direct it back to the task, keep on breathing.

4. One way to workout if disturbing thoughts always occurred in the meditation process, is to “name” them as you notice them. Label them and move-on. This will help you to create more space as they interfere.

Performing this as daily ritual for 20 minutes reduce stress a lot. With constant easy practice, you will become more skilled and perform breathing auto suggest ion with no-hands.

What Are The Effects Of Stress?

2010-04-21T07:26:00.000-07:00

http://outdooradventurevacation.blogspot.com/2010/05/stress-relief-relaxation-techniques.htmlThere are many things that can cause stress. Situations can cause specific reactions into our lives. Stress has its effect, negatively or positively. Others use stress in a positive way to increase productivity. This is because there are people who become stressed even in positive situations. Despite of this, stress can still be harmful if not properly handled or minimized. That is why you need to know about stress relief relaxation techniques.

Various external forces and stress has the ability to cause damage into our life. Mental problems is one example. In extreme cases, schizophrenia. Not only our mind reacts but also our body which can cause high blood pressure and heart attacks. This is because stress can make you feel, worried, anxious and afraid. Stress acts as a pressure chamber. When a person fails to acknowledge stress and do not do something about it, the more harm it can cause.

These problems that stress is the root cause can affect the entire life of the person and that those around him. Recovery from this depends on the person too. Some takes years to recover.

If a person is stressed, he or she is most likely to suffer a stress attack. It is a feeling like there is someone standing on their chest followed by shortness of breath when their stress episodes occur. Person suffering from this will most likely caved into the demands of their external environment. Handle stress is different from person to person but most people handle it by expressing their emotions and true feelings.

If you are often stressed in an high level, this can give great impact in your ability to function and perform on a daily basis. Scientific studies show that damage brain neurons are results of stress because stress short circuits out brain. Challenges in our life can be hard to face when especially if you are working in a stressful home or environment. This is the time that people take medication to offset demands of the workplace and perhaps, running a family.

When a person is stressed, there will coma time that it will become extremely hard to sleep. Workout and eating habits are affected too. This is because Stress starts to dominate the cells in your body. But if a person will take time to really understand stress, it should be something that we can turn into a major asset. This mechanism can helps us to rise up to meet challenges instead of the challenges overwhelming us.

Unpleasant situations are a breeding ground for stress. It is stress that prevents our brain to perform into a normal level. We must understand that we live in a world that has to evolve. This world that we are in need to evolve and for that to happen, we must be measured by our potential to grow and meet other challenges. Stress then take its part in here. Stress forms like a rubber band that exercises and challenges thought patterns. This patterns must coincide within us so that we can always go back to out first image which is being free. From here we can start to be effective again and finally be victorious in our life.

Relaxation through Breathing

2010-04-16T22:01:00.000-07:00

Relaxation though proper breathing is one key to get our mind and body out of stress. To be able to learn how to put our body into its natural state and that is without stress, first step is about proper breathing.

Being able to breathe deeply will calm and energize the body. First minutes of proper and careful breathing will at first give a hyper energy, not nervous. This kind of energy is what we needed. Go on steady and slow. This breathing will surely give a connection, a message to the rest of our body and that is Be Calm.

5 Minutes Break: Breathing

First step, Sit, spine straight as possible. Relax. You can use a chair but do not slump. Keep your feet flat on the floor. Keep your knees directly over the center of our feet. If you feel uneasy and if they do not rest comfortably on the floor, you can use a book or cushion for this. Place your hands on the top of your legs. Relax.

Close your eyes.

Be aware and think of your ribs. At the front, at the back, at the sides. Think about your lungs behind those ribs.

As you breathe, imagine that your lungs are filling up. Feel the movement of your lungs you fill and empty it as your breathe. Breathe slowly and don’t push your breathing.

Exercising this kind of breathing for the first time, you only need to do it for 2 to 3 minutes. After which you can do it for up to 5 to 10 minutes. Set aside some time at least once a day to do this. When you finally learn how good it makes you feel, you'll want to do it at other times as well.

You can always do this breathing whenever there is a stressful situation that is on your way. Relax for a few minutes.

Are You Stressed?

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Find out how stressed you are! Answer with Yes or No

Find out how stressed you are! Answer with Yes or No

Do you:

-always have sleeping difficulties?
-always feel depressed or felt like crying?
-have trouble concentrating or to focus?
-feel it is hare to make decisions?
-often overeat when not hungry and skip meals too?

-often feel tired?

-easily burst out or shout at those around you?

-often feel tired?

-easily burst out or shout at those around you?
-always find it very hard to talk to others?
-play/fiddle with your hair or bite your nails?
-often smoke or drink to help you when you are down?
-have trouble trusting other people or often suspicious on them?
-have a reduced sex drive?
-feel your sense of humor is gone and can't even laugh anymore?
-feel that you life is worthless?

Take down all of your answers and if you answered Yes to more than four of these, you are stressed.

Christy Turlington Yoga: Maintained Her Equilibrium in a Life of Extremes

2010-04-15T07:39:00.000-07:00

From fashion icon to activist, Christy Turlington has successfully created a diverse and multi-talented career as an entrepreneur, role model and spokesperson in the cosmetic, fashion, business and political spheres. She has graced every magazine cover from Vogue to Time, and today she is an advocate for wellness and international aid, supporting women's health projects and relief work across the globe.

Additionally, Turlington is widely recognized as a prominent voice for yoga and a healthier way of life. Christy's long term interest in yoga has culminated in the creation of two successful businesses - nuala and Sundari, an Ayurvedic skincare line - as well as the best selling book Living Yoga: Creating a Life Practice (Hyperion, 2002).

On here interview at the psychologytoday.com , Turlington finds much of her strength in yoga, meditation and Ayurveda, an ancient holistic science from India. Many of the Ayurvedic principles are based on discovering your balance as an individual. The philosophy holds that every person is a hybrid of the three elements called doshas (vatta, pitta and kapha).

She said that if you understand your unique combination, you can easily choose how to exercise and what to eat. Finding the flexibility and balance that is required for good mental health which is a challenge we all face.

“Yoga has been the best tool for managing stress and life's challenges. Everything from my studies to my father's death was eased by my practice of it”.

Click here read entire story - Interview of Christy Turlington Yoga Journey

Omega 3 Intake Found in Fish Oils Reduces Your Stress Levels

2010-04-14T04:30:00.000-07:00

The BBC Health Team (including Colin Jackson) investigate recent study of stress and found there are components in oily fish, part of a group of fatty acids called Omega 3, that may improve the way we cope with stress in our daily busy life.

There test subject were London Cabbies - “famed for suffering the consequences of irate customers if they fail to meet expectations”

They took London cabbies and fed them on a diet of four portions of oily fish a week for 12 weeks.

They were tested before and after the 12 weeks to see what affect the increased intake of oily fish had on their stress levels and memory.

After the diet test they have found that there visualization-based memory had also improved significantly, Omega 3 is believed to help with them significantly.

Their stress hormone as a whole was down by 22% and their anti-stress hormone up by 12%.

But still further studies needed to be undergone.

But still further studies needed to be undergone. Click here To read the entire story: The London Cabbies Stress Experiment.

P.S. Women who are pregnant should try and avoid fish which may contain high levels of mercury - www.cfsan.fda.gov.

Stress Relief Relaxation: Knowing Stress

2010-04-13T06:43:00.000-07:00

In our life, there many incident that affects us. Living in a changing world, where anything can happen in a snap, there are times that we cannot avoid these things from happening.

Whether it is unexpected or not, stress happens because of the different outside forces, and thus hinders our ability to deal with these issues in a positive way. Each of us has its own way of responding to stress. Our instinct tells us to survive that is why a certain response arises.

Responses to stress varies too. It can be a positive response, we may react to it negatively or even consider it as a neutral experience. Factors that affects our stress levels can be internal, external or both. There are many internal and external factors to point it out. Examples of internal factors can be your health, illness, being overweight, fitness levels, emotional and mental growth and nutrition. Even the amount of sleep and rest that you get are also considered as internal factors. External factors on the other hand might be what is happening in your home, office and relationships. Things that are also happening in our lives on a daily basis like traffic jams, just another busy and hectic day and many more, something that pressures us are external factors too.

But despite all of these things about stress, all the negativity of it, we must not also take for granted that there are certain good points too when it comes to experiencing stress. We humans are the most adaptive species this is merely because of the evolution of the human brain. The point is, this ability of ours to survive and adapt into our environment is because of the changes, activities and stressors that not only mastered by our brain but of our body as well. Stress can be our own defense mechanism for it teaches us to survive more.

A Cure for Modern Day Disease: Yoga

2010-04-12T08:50:00.001-07:00

What exactly is yoga? How can yoga exercises help us release tension and fight stress?

Yoga was originated during sixties and early seventies and is actually 3,000 years old. This kind of body and mind discipline was first practiced by the Hindus and become widely known in Western society. Yoga is often associated with mysticism during those time, but this idea is fast fading because mainly of our environment which is becoming more stressful as the modern period approaches. Yoga is considered to be one of the effective methods when it comes to stress management.

Because of yoga’s effectively, yoga practice is now fast spreading into the business world as well. Yoga can be found also anywhere, in every corner, yoga is put into practice. Examples are in nursing homes and rehabilitation centers. Yoga can be an effective treatment for alcoholic people, hyperactive children and even kids with learning disabilities. Also, there is a very stiff competition on yoga centers nowadays. You can almost join any yoga class nowadays whether it is in expensive yoga classes or even just in parks and other recreation areas.

In order to fully practice yoga, understanding about the practice is important too. To sum up, the union of the body, mind and spirit, all together collides with the truth. That is the true essence of yoga. Any student who is interested to pursue yoga must also be aware of the many types of yoga. If you are dedicated to pursue yoga, constant practice and self-discipline are the key things that any student must possess.

Types of Yoga

Studying yoga requires awareness about all the different types of it. There is the Hatha Yoga, Raja Yoga, Krva Yoga, Mantra Yoga and many more.

The study of different types of yoga is important because each of these forms has its own unique use in our body. A type of yoga that is popular in the west is Hatha Yoga. This type of yoga has its focus on emphasizes the practice of postures. This in turn will going to help stretch and strengthen the body. Hatha Yoga will also help the body develop a sense of balance and flexibility. Body awareness and mental concentration are being developed also.

For people with higher stress levels, Raja Yoga is common because this type of yoga teaches mainly about meditation. It is now growing in Western society. Other types of yoga like Krya Yoga and Matra Yoga are for cleansing and chanting purposes.

One of the reasons why people turn to yoga is about the stretching and toning. Any new student will surely hope that through yoga, they can easily handle stress and tension. It is the meditative quality of the yoga that differ it from exercise.

Whatever type of yoga exercises, all of them are utilizing the practice of proper breathing. This is mainly for relaxation. The main goal is to rest the mind, away from clutter. This will then give the body internal calmness, will surely energize and purify the body. This is the sum of all the exercises, in order for the mind and body, to be able to sit peacefully in the end.

Fighting The Disease of Modern Living

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Fighting stress is not easy specially if we are living a busy lifestyle. But also we must not regret our health and the fact that stress can be a a major contributor to some disease too.

Here are some stress relievers that can surely help:

- Have regular exercise.
- Have a well regular, well-balanced, healthy meals.
- Take holidays.
- Cut down caffeine, alcohol and tobacco consumption.
- Engage in some relaxation techniques like yoga, meditation, and breathing exercises.
- Do something to solve work and relationship problems and face them.
- Do not push yourself to pass stress.
- Consider having a pet. Playing or stroking an animal can help you have a stress relief relaxation.
- Talk to someone about your stress problem.

Have A Stress Free Day!

Now is The Time to Relax

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We are indeed living in a stressful world, and having little time to release tension is the common problem.

We are indeed living in a stressful world, and having little time to release tension is the common problem. We must help our body fight stress so that it cannot ruin our lives and health. What is important is to balance times of stress with periods of relaxation. What can you do to take your mind off your problems? What can you do to be able to have a stress relief relaxation?

We should learn to face each challenges that may arise. Learn how to switch off before frustration and fatigue set in, by this we can also use stress to motivate us. This will surely make our life more interesting and fulfilling.