Stress: A pesky little word that gets tossed around a great deal in modern day life. We stress about things; we feel stressed by commitments; and people or situations stress us out! So do you understand stress, and more importantly, how it affects your body?
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For 18 years as I struggled through Bulimia Nervosa, meditation proved useful in picking up the pieces. It gave me hope and confidence that one day I would make it through and be living the life I was creating in my mind – once I overcame the underlying beliefs that kept me stuck.It took many years to challenge and change the negative mental programming and take responsibility for my own thoughts, but meditation was instrumental in giving me the time and space I needed to explore, sit, breathe and listen – to find my own authentic voice. Meditation comforted me through many dark times of feeling rejected, vulnerable, struggling with self-worth and losing my identity in the desire to please others.
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Now over 30 years ago I discovered meditation, originally to aid in the stress and struggles of being a sensitive
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Mind–body Medicine uses the power of thoughts and emotions to influence physical and neurological health. The study, based at MGH’s Institute for Technology Assessment and the Benson-Henry Institute (BHI) for Mind Body Medicine, found that individuals in the relaxation-response program used fewer health care services in the year after their participation than in the preceding year. The program combined elicitation of the relaxation response with social support, cognitive-skills training, and positive psychology designed to build resiliency.Studies like this one have a huge potential to reduce not only the extreme pressure on the healthcare system, but also improve the personal wellbeing of each individual who can learn and apply these simple techniques into their daily lives.
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In a world where obesity, heart disease, mental health, and stress-related illness and disease are a worldwide concern, traditional and
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