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This 12 minute guided meditation will help you process the stress hormones flooding your body. It will help with the agitation you feel, the anger, the frustration, the anxiety and stress.
Linda guides you through tried and tested simple techniques to help you to relax. These help to calm you in order to release stress, tension, and anxiety.
This Mp3 is just around 12 minutes and suitable to fit into your busy day and can allow you to relax and unwind in a short space of time. (For Best Results Please Use Headphones)
How Stress Affects the Body
Picture this: It’s a workday, just like any other day. As soon as you wake up, swing your legs over the side of the bed, your stress begins. You start by standing up on a LEGO (ouch!!). How it got in your room, you’ve no idea. Next, your toothbrush falls on the floor, butter side down.
The next 10 minutes are spent de-gratifying it. It doesn’t get better from there. You’re out of milk; no breakfast. You’re out of gas in your car; have to take the bus. You get to work and your boss is in one of her moods. Now the rest of your shift is touch and go. Ride the bus home, have a mediocre dinner, go to bed late, and start it all over again.
After all that, your stress levels have reached Mach 5. And you feel horrible. You may think this example is a huge exaggeration, but many of us spend our days dealing with one little stress after another, just like in the example.
Now true or false: That stress only affects your emotions. False. Stress can and will affect your entire body. It affects you physically, mentally, emotionally, and behaviorally. It can cause all of these issues:
And many other issues that vary in severity. Forty-five percent of adults suffer injurious health effects from stress, such as the ones mentioned above.
Also, 75 to 90 percent of all doctor visits pertain to stress-related ailments. Is that persistent tension in your neck still bothering you? Are you still waking up irritable? A lot of stress might be the cause.
Try this quick exercise as well:
Start by paying attention to your breathing and letting your thoughts become aware of how your body is feeling. By concentrating on your inhalations and exhalations, let them both become aware of one another.
Allow your feelings to rise up and surface in your body. Breathe the emotions out of your body and mind while concentrating on your breath; let them run free into the open space.
Baby steps, let go of the emotions bit by little. Each time you complete the practice, let a small amount of energy flow from your body and mind.
Focusing on your breath can help you practice and gradually let go of your anxiety, which will also help you relax your mind. With practice, increase the duration from a few seconds to a few minutes.
Although it could take some time to see results, daily meditation practice can help you feel less stressed, more at ease, and more focused. You'll also experience a number of other advantages that will greatly improve your life and provide you happiness, fulfillment, and inner peace. The effort is worthwhile.
MeditationLifeSkillsPodcast.com strives to present meditation concepts that connect east and west, tradition and science in a non-sectarian way, from multiple traditions, without promoting any particular technique or method.
One important principle I try to accomplish is to take complex ideas about meditation and the not-so-well understood meditation principles and help you understand how they can fit into your life.
To your success in meditation!
Don Weyant/Founder
MeditationLifeSkillsPodcast.com
NOTE: Listen to these meditation episodes as much as you want in a comfortable position, whether sitting or lying down. For best results, we strongly suggest listening with headphones.
***This work is not meant to replace medical or counseling guidance from a qualified practitioner. Please get professional care if you suffer from a physical or mental disease.
