Mike
Carruthers:
How
we cope with stress is not just an individual problem it's a social
problem.
Mark Thornton:
The
National Institute of Safety and Health is reporting that the
health cost of stress is two hundred billion dollars every year.
That's like the economic equivalent of hurricane Katrina, annually.
Mark Thornton author of the book,
Meditation
In A New York Minute ...
The National
Institute of Safety and Health is reporting that the health
cost of stress is two hundred billion dollars every year. That's
like the economic equivalent of hurricane Katrina annually.
America's number
one killer, heart attack is occurring on one day of the week;
Monday - and at one time on that day and it's nine o'clock in
the morning. So, our work is killing us.
So, managing
stress is important and takes some effort. But here a few powerful
techniques that can be thought of as stress first aid.
Take your left
hand place it just beneath your navel and for the next two or
three breaths just allow your breathing to be deep, slow, easy
and relaxed. You see when you're stressed you have to breath
from high up in your chest. By changing the shape of your breathing
you're automatically doing two things; you're lowering your
respiratory rate and secondly, you're slowing the speed with
which your mind thinks.
Another technique
from Mark, take the middle finger from your left hand…
Place it in the
space between your eyebrows and just apply some gentle pressure
and just allow your chin to gently tilt a little closer to the
chest. And just simply relax and notice what you notice there.
And even just doing that for a short amount of time people are
experiencing a different quality of energy that's there.
At
somethingyoushouldknow.net I'm Mike Carruthers and that's
Something You Should Know.
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