Basic imagery meditation is the focus of Tranquility is Yours. The visual imagery can power your ability to discover inner resources and refuel your outer expressions to help you deal with stress. When you allow yourselves to focus on the imagery, the videos can trigger your mind to let go and allow you to deepen the experience of inner peace and tranquility that the stress relieving technique of imagery meditation can provide. You may be surprised at just how relaxed you may begin to feel, and how quickly you can experience fast stress relief.
It sounds simple, but the video clips located in the upper right hand corner of every page on Tranquility is Yours, are great meditation tools to help you find moments of tranquility that can allow you to rejuvenate yourself while experiencing the simple beauty that is everywhere around us. You can also just close your eyes and use the audio from the video clips as your meditation tool. Imagery meditation is just one of many effective ways to reduce stress. You'll find a variety of different stress relief techniques, stress help and stress tips as you browse the site.
Stress can rob you of the joy you should be experiencing in life. Don't let stress rob you. When you feel anxious or stressful, take a moment for quiet meditation. It can help you respond in a positive manner to the dynamic situations around you.
Begin Now Find your inner peace. Meditate, daydream, or just let your mind go. Click on the video icons in the upper right corner of each page at Tranquility is Yours, and allow your mind to find relief from your everyday stresses. Give the clips time to load. The videos are built to play in Windows Media Player. If you use Real Player the clips may have to download.
You can also try Breathing Exercises for relief from any stress or tension. Breathing exercises can provide immediate release from stress and anxiety. Yoga also offers a series of breathing exercises. Our Yoga page provides a link to some very good posters of Yoga poses. Good Yoga illustrations are not easy to find. The Yoga Posters and Step-by-Step Yoga DVD are very descriptive and useful for beginners. And if you just want to focus on relaxing, our Relaxation Exercises page has a few stress relief relaxation exercises that will help you feel completely relaxed.
Work on bringing peace and tranquility into your environment as well. Surround yourself with beautiful tabletop water fountains, uniquely scented aromatherapy candles and bath sets on our pages featuring tranquility products. Creating tranquil surroundings can help you stay focused on reducing the stress in your life. And remember the videos at Tranquility is Yours are located in the upper right hand corner of every page, and are designed to give you moments of peace and relaxation when you are unable to escape the stress-triggers in your daily life.
There is a natural body function that helps relieve stress, but unfortunately it is something you probably have been discouraged from doing. Just like perspiration, the natural function to keep the body from overheating. The natural body function to relieve stress, anxiety and other emotional build-ups is crying. You should allow yourself to cry.
From very young ages most of us are told not to cry. “Don’t you cry! You stop that crying right now.” If you cry you’re considered weak. In some cultures it’s considered undignified, but crying is a natural stress reliever.
Sometimes you have no choice. Your body overrides any effort to suppress the urge to cry. When you hold back your tears, you only amplify the emotions or stress your body is trying to release through crying.
A study by the University of Minnesota discovered that the chemicals that build up in your body during emotional stress can be removed in your tears, and unreleased stress can increase your risk for heart attack and damage certain areas of your brain. So your human ability to cry is not only therapeutic, but could even be considered a survival tactic.
Yes, there are times when it’s acceptable to cry. You can cry tears of joy, right? You can cry at weddings, graduations or births. You can even cry when you laugh. So why should you stuff down the tears when you really need to let them out; when you are emotionally stressed, sad, in physical pain or depressed? Natural stress relief is really the best of all options.
Types of Tears There are three types of tears produced by the lachrymal gland in the eye.
Continuous or basal tears: Keep the eye surface permanently moist and protected and contain water, lipids or fats, proteins, and compounds that protect against infection.
Reflex tears: Contain a similar make-up, and are produced as a reaction to irritants or foreign objects.
Emotional tears: Have a different make-up, and include enkephalin, an endorphin and natural painkiller.
"Emotional tears contain higher concentrations of proteins, manganese, and the hormone prolactin which is produced during stress-induced danger or arousal,'' Dr. Carrie Lane of the University of Texas.
Women have more leeway than men to cry. It’s not quite fair, but it’s true. Women can usually release tears much more easily than men because it’s accepted. Men rarely consider it acceptable for themselves or other men to cry. Most men don't even consider crying an option, but they should put down that armor and allow themselves to cry.
Crying is a great form of stress relief when you really let it out. Let the tears well-up in your eyes, or roll down your cheeks, or just break into a full-out sob. Pick a place where you won’t be disturbed, and have a good cry. Of course you may experience the side effects of crying; puffy eyes, runny nose. Just remember to use a cold compress to control the swelling around your eyes. A cold face-cloth pressed against your eyes is good enough. If you don't use a cold compress, your eyes could remain swollen for hours.
After a thorough cry you will feel better. A study by the University of South Florida found that almost everyone feels better after a cry, and that personality has a major effect on how often we cry. An overwhelming majority of participants reported mood improvement after crying.
Sometimes crying helps to clear the mind, and may even help you think things through a little more clearly than you would if you hold those stressful emotions inside. We all know that emotional decisions tend to be riddled with difficulty.
When I was a kid, my Mother use to say, “Cry, cry harder. Come on, you can do better than that.” Of course her egging would only make me and my siblings more upset, and we would cry harder. But when we stopped crying, we would feel relieved of the emotions that made us cry in the first place and we moved on.
Crying may not be the answer to everyone’s stress, but the latest research suggests it's highly effective at encouraging the body to heal, and it improves the mood of 88.8% of those who weep. Only 8.4% of the subjects reported feeling worse after crying. Researchers suggest that crying is so beneficial that there may be a case for inducing crying in those who find it difficult to let go.
Sure there are other ways to relief stress naturally; exercise, sex, sleep, massage, baths, but don’t deprive yourself of a good cry.
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