Are You Dealing With Health Related Issues From Work Related Stress?

Do you wake up every morning sick and tired of feeling sick and tired?

Does the thought of getting up to go to work turn your stomach?

The work related stress that you have come to accept as normal may end up making you sick.

Kay was a very successful advertising executive and said she thrived on the stress at work.  She said the stress level made her more alert and pushed her past her comfort zone.

When she had been on the job about 3 years, she started having uncomfortable symptoms that often took her off her game, and started effecting her work performance.

She came to me hoping to sharpen her edge, so to speak, because she was hoping for a big promotion and she knew that her fatigue and illness were hurting her chances.

Before Kay could heal her symptoms, I had to help her create a paradigm shift. Kay did not value relaxation. If she spent more than 10 minutes visiting with a friend, she felt pressured to “get something done”.

Kay’s goals were all about money and things.

Kay had forgotten what life is all about.

As we covered her history I could see that there was a lot of pain in Kay’s past and not a lot of fun in her present.

The first time Kay followed my instructions to “sit with stillness for 10 minutes” she called me and asked me why I wanted her to torture herself.

I encouraged Kay to stick with it, and to ask herself what she feels and what she might have to say during that 10 minutes that she is devoting to nurture herself.

Kay didn’t like to walk or eat fruit either, but “sitting with stillness” was cruel and unusual punishment in her eyes.

By the end of week one of Kay’s New Personal Program, she reported feeling much better.  Her focus and clarity were the biggest improvement.  Her tension headaches and afternoon fatigue had not stopped but they were much less intense and frequent.  She was sleeping much better and her blood pressure was down.

At the 2 week mark Kay admitted that she had stopped trying to do the “10 minutes of sitting with stillness” because every time she did it she cried.

I asked her what she was feeling when she cried.

She said the only thing she felt was ridiculous that she was sitting in her living room crying for no apparent reason.

After a good chat about why crying is beneficial and healing, Kay reluctantly agreed to keep trying to practice her program.  She was really encouraged when I suggested that she may not need to figure out what she is crying about.  The story behind the tears is not always necessary.

“Maybe you just need to cry.”

The very next week, Kay had completely changed her opinion of “sitting with stillness”.  She wanted to know more.  I encouraged her to try Holosync technology.

Kay really didn’t have an easy time surrendering to relaxation.  She entertained us both with her stories of struggle and triumph.  Holosync technology, which actually puts you in a state of meditation, “felt like cheating”, Kay said.  “Being still was so hard, but it got easy when I started using Holosync.”

Today Kay will tell you that deep relaxation is a very valuable skill.  It requires focused attention.  She grew strength and learned a lot about herself, really improving her work performance.  By the time she got the promotion, she was flirting with the idea of a career change.

Health related issues from work related stress creep into your life gradually.  Maybe you don’t even see your health issues as work related, but work related stress certainly weakens your immune system and contributes to any disease process you’ve got going on.

Scientists say that the length and quality of your life is determined by how well you use your lungs.

If you are stressed from your work or personal life, you are holding tension in your muscles.  Tension squeezes you.  Health issues arise largely because the tension resulting from the stress prevents you from breathing deeply.

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Are the Benefits of Yoga Magnified By Laughter?

There are many benefits of Yoga.

• Increases flexibility
• Lubricates joints
• Massages all the organs
• Detoxification
• Muscle toning
• Establishes a mind-body-soul connection

Yoga is good for you.  It’s a no brainer!

I’ll bet it wouldn’t be hard to convince you that laughter is very beneficial as well.  Watch a comedy and you will feel the benefit.

Shoot, even if you fake a laugh, it still has beneficial effects!

• Decreases stress hormones
• Improves Immune System
• Boosts Endorphins

Laughter really is the best medicine!  So how do you get more of it in your life?

How about starting everyday with a group laugh!

Dr. Madan Kutaria understands how beneficial laughter is for your health and well being.  In 1995 he started an infectious laugh that has spread around the world.

Laughter really is contagious!

Dr. Kataria is right!  Let us all become as little children and laugh ourselves to well being!

Yoga + Laughter = JOY right now!

The benefits of yoga and laughter are easy to claim for yourself!

Start your own laughing yoga club!  You’ll find many videos on YouTube that will give you guidance.  Laugh and the world will laugh with you, or at least your Laugh Club will!

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You can find many things to laugh about everyday, AND get started on your yoga practice today!

Just click on the link and Go For It!

Discover the Benefits of Yoga!

Many blessings,

Carrie

Heart Failure Solutions

PS– Remember everyday:

1. Relax and Release tension
2. Take deeep breaths
3. Be active in a way that adds joy to your life

Plus pure water ~whole foods~sunshine~and laughter

Relax! Do You Sweat the Small Stuff?

Recovering my computer this past weekend (again) sure didn’t feel like the small stuff.  In the big picture, it isn’t something I will remember next week.

“Relax!” I kept telling myself.  Yet I kept barking at my kids, and I could feel the tension creeping up the back of my neck.

Finally, I’d had enough of myself (and so had my kids), so I sat myself down to be still in silence.  Twenty minutes later, I felt a whole lot better.

Most people don’t relax unconsciously.

Do you get anxious if you aren’t watching television, or listening to music, or reading a book, or busy with some other distraction?

If you will be still in silence, you will become aware of the tension that lives in your body.  That is, IF you can stand the stillness long enough to let yourself become aware of it.

This stored tension will squeeze the life out of you if you don’t release it!

The only way to keep up with it, is to practice relaxing.  I know it seems strange that you should have to practice, but that is the only way to let go of the tension your muscles are storing.  The conscious effort to release it, is well worth the effort.  (Yes effort, see how hard it is to sit with yourself!?)

So if you DO sweat the small stuff………

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Can You Relax If You Don’t Get Everything Done?

Are you one of those people who just can’t sleep at night unless you’ve taken care of all of the “to do’s” on your list?

I used to be one of those people too.

Choosing to relax makes your life much happier.

Who couldn’t use more happiness?

Stress doesn’t make whatever causes you tension better.

The other day I made an appointment with my chiropractor, hurried my older two kids off to school, and the little one to a baby-sitter.

By the time I cleared the populated area where the traffic was, I could tell I was going to be late.

Instead of stressing, I chose to take a deep breath and enjoy the drive.

You can see by the pictures that I would have really missed out if I had been hurried, and not present. Read more

Do You Let the Comfort of the Cool Tall Grass Reduce Your Stress?

Sometimes life can bring more than we bargained for.

Life is too short to be swallowed up in stress.

Ever felt like you just couldn’t take another step?

I think I get to that point everyday.  You know what I mean?  Raising kids is exhausting 7 days a week!

Today my three year old reminded me to stop and embrace the shelter that life offers you.

My son and I were on our daily walk this morning.  We decided to go a bit further than usual and found a path we have never explored before.

It was over grown with grass, but we enjoyed the adventure, so decided to see where the path would lead us.  After a fun downhill, romp we came to a clearing and were treated with a beautiful view of the ocean.

We just sat and enjoyed it for the longest time.  By the time we headed for home, the sun was high in the sky.

We hadn’t realized it was going to be rough traveling up hill in the tall grass and the blazing sun.

The down slope had been quick and fun, but the trip back up to the main trail seemed much longer.

My little guy was getting frustrated fighting the towering grass.  To keep his mind off his struggle, I told him how it reminded me of walking in deep snow growing up in Montana .

Before long, he got his feet tangled and down he went.

He tried to get up and fell again.

Tears started at the corners of his eyes.  He’d just reached that point where he couldn’t go another step.

I looked down at his red little face, and took pity.

Scooping him up in my arms, I fell backward into the cool tall grass.  If we leaned into the grassy nest that I had just created we were completely shaded from the sun.

We both took a long sweet smelling breath and just laid there looking up at the clouds until we were cool but thirsty.

When we headed home for that cool glass of ice water, our feet were somehow lighter!  The trail didn’t seem so steep, and the sun didn’t seem so hot.

I encourage you to STOP, and let the comfort of the cool tall grass reduce your stress.

Many blessings,

Carrie

PS– Remember everyday:

1. Relax and Release tension
2. Take deeep breaths
3. Be active in a way that adds joy to your life

Plus pure water ~whole foods~sunshine~and laughter

Do You Want Less Stress In Your Life?

If you want less stress, then choose it. Choose less stress.

You can choose to grow from beneficial stress, and release destructive stress.

You have all the tools you need to make that happen.

Oh, life gives you a certain amount of stress. The only time you truly have no stress is when you are dead. Your stress load is your reality.

Whatever that looks like in your life, I trust that it has been made so, for your highest good. You have manifested what you need the most.

If you accept every situation, you can receive every lesson.

If you have done all that you can do in any situation, then it is time to find stillness so that you may receive those lessons. This is the way to manifest your highest potential.

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