Stress relief can be as simple as you make it.
Relieving stress can come in many techniques. It can be a drug, an exercise, an herb, a ball, a game, or even a food supplement. Each option has its own merits and demerits. One technique will work for one person, while the same technique will confuse another and increase stress.
Some of the deciding factors of stress relief is determining what type of stress you are dealing with and how long it has lasted. Is this something that has been there forever or is it a new and unexpected problem?
Types of stress fall into three broad categories: physical, nutritional, and emotional. We’re going to cover emotional stress, but keep in mind that physical and nutritional stress can affect the mind and, in turn, cause emotional stress.
Emotional stress is the stress we think of the most when we talk about stress. Stress and stress-related disorders are on the rise. Although the number is increasing, there is no specific pain reliever that can work with all the effects of stress. This is why different stress management programs feature different types of stress reducers.
Some stress management programs are gentle and minimal; they make you feel good while practicing the stress management technique, but they are actually a waste of time when it comes to correcting stress.
But if there was one stress reliever you could carry with you and use anytime you needed it, what would it be?
You already have it. He is sitting on your shoulders, your mind.
Your mind can cause more stress than you can imagine or it can eliminate more stress than you thought possible.
Inside your mind you have the key to lifelong stress management. How it is unlocked and used to your advantage is what a course in the ultimate natural stress management course is all about.
Think for a moment about a stress point in your life. What kind of reaction do you have? Do you feel a hole in your stomach? Does your head fill with noise? Do you have a sense of impending doom?
The stress you are thinking about is creating an energy in your body. It is a literal pocket of energy that is creating chaos within you. If you could take this energy and rearrange it, your thinking about it would be completely different. It may not even provoke a reaction in you.
Now, let’s do something with this stress. Take the picture of this stress and keep it in your mind. See it and see it clearly. Focus the image. Is it so? Is that the stress in your life?
Now, while holding that image in your mind, take the fingertips of both hands and place them on your forehead, an inch above your eyes. These are your emotional centers and you will reset them while holding that image in your mind.
You are going to keep your fingertips on your emotional centers while holding the image of your stress in your mind. Hold these two for 30 to 45 seconds fully focusing on your stress.
As you continue, the image of your stress will fade and its intensity will decrease significantly. You are literally resetting your emotional reaction to this particular stress. How amazing is that?
Whatever stress you’re under, take a picture and reset it. This is a technique that you can do all the time and you will achieve incredible changes in your stress and in your life.
Take this process and use it for good.
