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Stress Reduction Techniques – Music Therapy

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Music influences the respiratory rate, blood pressure, stomach contractions and hormone levels. The heart rate speeds up or slows down so that is synchronized with music rhythms. We also know that music can alter the electrical rhythms of the brain.

If you close your eyes for a minute and listen to the world around listening horns, hammers, raindrops, children laughing, a symphony orchestra, and so on. Music therapy holds that what one hears may affect health positively or negatively. Sound can be a great healer.

Music therapists use sound to help with a wide variety of medical problems ranging from Alzheimer’s disease to the toothache. Medical doctors know about the power of sound. The researchers have produced evidence of the ability of music to reduce pain, improve memory and reduce stress.

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Stress Reduction Techniques – Massage

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

When our muscles are tense or have been subjected to too much effort to collect waste substances that cause pain, stiffness and even muscle spasms. By increasing circulation to and from the muscles, massage accelerates the elimination of these toxic substances and harmful. At the same time, massage makes you get fresh blood and oxygen to the tissues thus lightens the recovery process of injuries and numerous diseases.

But this is only the beginning. Since the last fifteen years has accumulated a wealth of evidence showing that massage has an impressive array of benefits for the health of our body and mind. This even in areas that many did not even suspect. Here:

The health of our body depends on the health of our cells. The cells in turn rely on an abundant flow of blood and lymph. Massage improves blood circulation and lymph flow. This helps carry nutrients to cells and remove impurities and toxic substances.

Massage also increases the ability of blood to carry oxygen. In fact we know that massage helps increase red blood cells and white blood. (more…)

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Stress Reduction Techniques – Humor

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

The good humor generates higher productivity and lower stress.

Humor is a spring motivator par excellence, who besides being an outlet for stress, promotes creativity and desire to work. Experts agree that a sense of humor about having a positive attitude towards life, “seeing from a perspective that helps to find more creative solutions.”

The mood should be considered as an adjunct to welfare, improvement of the organization and the person.

The humor involved in resolving conflicts, resistance to stress overload and provides a more fluid community, excellent medicine that reduces stress, anxiety and depression.

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Stress Reduction Techniques – Hug Therapy

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

It seems incredible that it can cure everything, make, improve and prevent a simple, loving hug.

It is proven that physical contact, far beyond the sexual content, has healing powers and broadens our emotional well being.

When we touched and embraced a spirit of solidarity and happy life we reaffirm our senses and trust our own feelings.

It is also a way to express our feelings beyond words. It is the universal language of hugging. Not only must we use language we must also use the intuitive wisdom, without words, and listen with your heart. Thus we perceive the deeper meaning of the mystery we call love.

Hugs, besides making us feel good, are used to relieve pain, depression and anxiety. Cause positive physiological changes in who plays and who is touched. It increases the desire to live for the sick. It is well known all four hugs a day are necessary for survival, eight for twelve to stay and grow as people. (more…)

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Stress Reduction Techniques – Breathing

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

A proper control of our breathing is one of the simplest strategies to cope with stressful situations and handle increases in physiological arousal caused by these.

Correct breathing habits are very important because they provide the body with enough oxygen to our brain. The current pace of life encourages incomplete breath does not use the full capacity of the lungs.

The aim of breathing techniques is to facilitate the voluntary control of respiration and automate it so it can be kept in stressful situations.

Let’s move on to a series of breathing exercises.

BREATHING EXERCISES

Exercise 1: Inspiration abdominal

The objective of this exercise is that the person to run the inspired air to the bottom of the lungs. This is due to put a hand on her belly and another on the stomach. In the exercise must perceive breathing movement in the hand placed in the womb, but not placed on the stomach.

It may seem difficult, but is a technique that is controlled at about 15-20 minutes. (more…)

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Stress Reduction Techniques – Hypnotherapy (Hypnosis & Psychotherapy)

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

Hypnosis is term applied to a single complex form of unusual behavior, but normal, which can probably be induced in any normal person under suitable conditions and for people who suffer from different types of abnormalities. It is primarily a special psychological state with certain psychological attributes that make it similar to physiological sleep but only superficially, and characterized by an individual’s functioning at a level of realizing called, for convenience in conceptualizing, perceiving unconscious or subconscious.

When the subject is hypnotized, or hypnotic trance, you may think, act and behave so well, often better, as can be done in the awake common psychological state, this being possible by the intensity of his attention to the task and distraction free. There is , as is commonly believed, without decision-making or under the will of the hypnotist. The relationship between the hypnotist and the subject is rather interpersonal cooperation, based on reasonable mutually acceptable.

Therefore, the subject can not be forced to do things against his wish, but can be helped to achieve the goals you want. The failures in hypnotic therapy patients reveal limitations of hypnosis to achieve goals that are even desired by the person, and the most extensive and reliable experimental studies debunk the possibility of using hypnosis for antisocial purposes.

Hypnosis and trance are normal experiences that can develop naturally during periods of introspection. No need for mysterious manipulations of the subjects. One really does not control subjects in hypnosis, rather provides them with incentives and opportunities for domestic absorption which sometimes leads to recognizably different states of consciousness. (more…)

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Stress Reduction Techniques – Aromatherapy

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

It is an ancient Oriental technique which effect is to relax.

It involves using herbal oils and other aromatic plants applied to the body, achieve relaxation or relief of pain or disorder.

The oils are extracted from leaves, flowers, roots, seeds, fruits, bark and resin of various plants and diluted in water or unscented oil such as jojoba.

These solutions can be applied to the skin with a relaxing massage, inhale as steam or smoke from aromatic candles, added in the form of bubbles or oils in bath water or used in compresses that are applied in certain parts of the body .

Aromatherapy is one of many relaxing massages and treatments that ultimately reductive offered in spa services. (more…)

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Stress Reduction (IV)

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Professional help

Stress can be a factor in many diseases that require professional assistance. Especially if symptoms are not common or progress over time.

Reducing stress at work

Try talking to someone personally affected in a nice way, and he believes problems are related to work. Work together to improve working conditions. Let him know that productivity can improve if the pressures are reduced. Organize a network of friends at work. Reestrure priorities and eliminate unnecessary tasks.

If the job is unbearable but there is no alternative, design a business plan and stick his spare time. Remember that your employer is a victim of the same conditions it imposes.

Take a Deep Breath

During stress, breathing becomes shallow and rapid. Deep breathing is an effective technique to “lower revolutions.” This technique can be very helpful, even to maintain a state of relaxation throughout the day. Inhale through your nose slowly, counting to ten, making sure the stomach and abdomen expand but the chest does not rise. Exhale through your nose, counting to ten. (more…)

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Stress Reduction (III)

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Keep perspective and look on the bright side of things

Reversing negative perceptions and learn to focus on the positive side helps reduce tension and achieve goals. For example, if a person is anxious because he has to speak in public or give a review, you must first identify what the worst that can happen and the chances of this occurring.

Then you try to visualize a positive outcome. Next is developing a plan to achieve a favorable outcome. It is useful to recall previous situations that initially seemed negative and finish the best way.

Using humor

Keep your sense of humor in difficult situations is a common recommendation of the experts who manage stress. Laughter relieves tension and helps keep the perspective of the situation. It has been shown to Huor is a very effective mechanism for coping with acute stress. (more…)

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Stress Reduction (II)

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Restructuring priorities

The next step is to try to offset the weight of stress-producing activities other than providing some relief. Add pleasurable activities is more positive than merely reducing unpleasant. This is important because there are many activities that simply can not be neglected or forgotten.

When not practical to eliminate stress, there may be ways to reduce their impact. If the problem is related to work and there is no possibility of change, consider all possible alternatives that are pleasant: the simplest is to use free time in enjoyable activities and not just do nothing. If the problem is in the home, plan activities outside, even for short periods of time.

Replace time-consuming activities that are not really needed with more pleasant or interesting. Many people think it’s selfish plan activities for others to see as they only benefit him. The truth is that personal sacrifice may be inappropriate and even harmful if the person doing it is unhappy or anger. (more…)

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