Mindeeze Relaxation Download

Description

Stress is a natural reaction to pressure. Although some pressures are necessary in order to learn new things and to grow personally, too much pressure in the short or long term can have negative impacts on health and well-being. Anxiety and stress impacts on the body’s physiology by activating our inbuilt survival response, otherwise known as fight or flight. The majority of stress or anxiety is triggered with thought. This in turn activates this natural pathway that then prepares us to either flee from a situation or stand our ground.

In this day and age, the stressor is less likely to be a wild animal threatening us, but instead a collection of daily pressures which we perceive as survival situations in our work and personal lives. As we progress in what we do every day with its many experiences, we naturally build coping mechanism, as well as learning how to manage daily difficulties that may arise. However, over time these can build up and the signs of this can manifest in life. Some examples are:

• Inability to switch off cyclical thinking
• Poor sleep patterns
• Feeling over emotional
• Stress related muscular or skeletal problems
• Increased accidents
• Feeling unable to cope
• Feelings of increased isolation

These are to name but a few.

This guided relaxation technique, has been designed to help people to start reducing the effects of stress with immediate effect. It is part of the overall Mindeeze Stress Reduction Programme. Included in this guided visualisation are instructions on how and when to use. It is a good place to start if stress is an issue.