Light Therapy | Light Therapy Relieves Depression

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 begin to feel and how quickly you can experience fast stress relief.

It sounds simple, but these images are a great meditation tool 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. Check your
signs of stress here, and for stress relief tips
click here.

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Find your inner peace.  Meditate, daydream, or just let your mind go.  Click on
the video icons to the right on 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 Page has a few stress relaxation exercises that will help you feel
completely relaxed.  T
o bathe your stress away visit our Epsom Salt Page, and
to soothe stress and depression away visit our
Aromatherapy Page.

Learn the stress relief techniques that will teach you how to clear your mind and
experience the benefits of meditation and other stress reducing methods.
Discover the stress relieving body movements only experienced through the
ancient art of Yoga, and make a conscious effort to change the stress-filled
messages you send yourself, to thoughts that heighten your inner peace.
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Stress and depression tend to go hand in hand.  
Sometimes it may be difficult for you to put your finger on
the exact reason you feel depressed or stressed.  You may
even feel that it’s not just one thing that’s getting you down,
it’s everything, and you just can’t seem to kick a consistent
feeling of gloom.  Have you ever considered trying light
therapy?

For some people that feeling of gloom is called
SAD,
Seasonal
Affective Disorder. SAD is a depression disorder
associated with winter months and is caused by a lack of
sunlight.  Specifically, Seasonal Affective Disorder is
caused by a melatonin imbalance initiated by a lack of
exposure to sunlight,  but SAD sufferers are not the only
ones feeling stress, depression and the negative health
affects caused by a lack of appropriate sunlight.  
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We all feel its impact, and that's why anyone can enjoy the benefits that light
therapy can provide.  In fact, doctors are now finding more and more people
suffering from a lack of vitamin D.  We naturally get our vitamin D from sunlight,
and a lack of exposure to sunlight is the main cause of vitamin D deficiency.

Vitamin D
deficiencies can cause severe health issues.  Osteoporosis is linked
to a lack of vitamin D.  
Rickets is another bone-wasting disease that is linked to
a vitamin D deficiency, and chronic vitamin D deficiency is often misdiagnosed
as
Fibromyalgia, because the symptoms are so similar; muscle weakness,
depression, and unexplained aches and pains.

You can get vitamin D through food and supplements, but sunlight exposure is
the only reliable way to generate vitamin D in your body. Studies show that
healthy levels of vitamin D inhibit prostate cancer, breast cancer, ovarian
cancer, colon cancer, depression, and even schizophrenia.

People with dark skin tend to need 20 – 30 times as much exposure to sunlight
as fair-skinned people to generate the same amount of vitamin D.  In fact,
doctors have now discovered that vitamin D deficiency is causing high rates of
prostate cancer in Black males.  People who are over weight have been found to
need twice as much vitamin D, because obesity tends to impair how the body
utilizes vitamin D.  In general, studies show that your risk of developing serious
diseases like diabetes and cancer can be reduced by 50% - 80% with simple
and sensible exposure to natural sunlight on an average of two to three times
each week.

When your exposure to natural sunlight is limited, you can combat the
depression related to SAD or the health issues associated with sunlight
deficiencies with
light therapy or photo therapy. Light therapy is exposure to light
through special light therapy lamps or light boxes that is brighter than indoor
light, but not as bright as direct sunlight.  Light therapy has been found to be
effective against depression, and it can reset your biological clock, or
circadian
rhythms, which controls when you sleep and when you wake up.  Exposure to
this special light has been found to be close enough to natural sunlight to allow
the body to produce needed vitamin D.

Light therapy can offer effective mood altering and physical health benefits for
generally anyone, and it has already been clinically proven to reduce stress.  

The photo therapy lamps or light boxes used in the treatment of Seasonal
Affective Disorder are considered safe and effective for the intended purpose,
as long as photo-sensitizing drugs are not being taken at the same time, and no
eye sensitivities exist.  It is recommended that light therapy should be used
under the supervision of a medical professional, but some light boxes have such
low light density that they can be used without consulting a physician.  

Light therapy may be most effective when used first thing in the morning when
you wake up.  You and your doctor can determine when light therapy works best
for you.  You usually sit approximately 12" from the light anywhere from 10 to 30
minutes per session. It is neither recommended nor necessary to stare directly
into the light.  A positive response to light therapy usually occurs within 2 to 4
days, but it may take up to three weeks before symptoms of SAD or depression
are relived, and it can take months to correct a vitamin D deficiency.

We can all benefit from the use of light therapy.  More often than not, we usually
don’t get the kind of exposure to the sun that could be beneficial, because we
tend to be stuck inside a building all day long.  You may go to work before
sunrise, and get out of work as the sun is going down, or has already set.  If that
sounds like your lifestyle, you may be a good candidate for light therapy.

Light therapy is a viable alternative to consider when stress or depression has
taken over, and you need more than aromatherapy, candles, or relaxation to get
results.
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