Relaxation and Cancer

The ability to relax is crucial for every human being.  Period!

But this ability is not always easy to muster, especially during periods of stress or illness.

One hospital in Scotland now employs a massage therapist to try and bring some relief to cancer patients.

To read more about this story, click here:  Cancer patients get expert help to relax and cope

Try This Heart Chakra Meditation

Today I have a wonderful Heart Chakra meditation for you.

This meditation is great for cultivating feelings of internal power, compassion and focus. It’s also great for helping you to connect to your soul’s purpose and inner calling.

Just find a comfortable position, visit the blog below and hit the PLAY button:

http://SecretsOfMeditation.com/blog/guided/heart-chakra/

And turn your speakers up!

Enjoy,

Alan

P.S.

If you are interetsed in reading more about meditation and its benefits (especially as a stress reducer), try these excellent articles:

Meditation observations – During the meditation, I feel calm and relaxed, and this helps set the day off well. The meditations did feel like hard work during the first few days, and sometimes it was boring. It was uncomfortable too as I often found my back …

My Most Insightful Meditation: What’s Yours? – As simple and as informal as this guided meditation is, I never fail to gain insight, wisdom, and healing, when I remember to do it! It has come to my aid, for example, in situations as diverse as helping me during a horrible fight with …

Acupuncture and Meditation~ – While going for my monthly ‘maintenance’ acupuncture session yesterday, I asked if it would be okay to give me 20 minutes ahead to meditate on the table. I went in early, laid down on the table and began to focus on my breath. …

Meditation with Mandalas – What is meditation? Why is it necessary? Everybody wants to know about himself or herself. Don’t they? One often asks oneself: Who am I?  What’s the purpose of my life?  Meditation may answer these questions. Meditation brings us to the …

Meditation promises brain-enlargement, hat-recycling disaster. – Courtesy DistortedSmileThe more I learn about meditation, the more intrigued I am by it. I mean, meditation has it all: it can allow you to freeze yourself in a block of ice, walk across a bed of hot coals, and look like you’re asleep …

Kay Goldstein: Mind/Body/Spirit: The Meditation Connection – Kay Goldstein, MA teaches meditation and writes poetry, fiction and articles addressing the challenges and joys of daily living and spiritual practice. You can read more at www.kaygoldstein.com or …

Real Nature Can Lower Stress Levels

A new study from the University of Washington has shown that looking at nature (real scenes, not naff screensavers!) can lower levels of stress.

Sounds ideal as it’s free and doesn’t cost anything!

Read more about the story at seattlepi.com: Real Nature Lowers Stress Levels

Who Ya Gonna Call? Stress Busters!

Here are some simple [tag-tec]tips to relieve stress[/tag-tec] as it builds up throughout the day:

  • Get up slightly earlier in the morning and take your time going to work. This can get the day off to a better star
  • Try to invest in a [tag-tec]natural light alarm clock[/tag-tec] so that you wake up gently and gradually (especially in the Winter months)
  • You MUST take a decent lunch break to give your body a much needed rest and to lower your heart rate
  • You know that queues are always LONG, don’t you? So, just accept it, allow slightly longer to get things done and don’t fret
  • Try to avoid the rush hour by walking or cycling home, if possible. Do this at least a couple of times each week and you will be removing yet another stressful moment from your life. Hey, it all adds up!
  • If you’re watching TV at home in the evening, then do just this one activity. Try not to have the radio playing at the same time and the laptop sat on your, erm, lap!

Yes, these are simple steps, but they work like gangbusters.

Simple, but do YOU do them?

Read more about the causes of stress and how you can find stress relief:

Instant Stress Relief? Five Easy No-Equipment-Needed … – A stress relief kit would be handy to have when the going gets tough. But sometimes, it’s hard to carry things with you. Who remembers to always pack some herbal tea or aromatherapy. Maybe you left your iPod with the soothing music at …

Regular Exercises For Stress Relief – Aerobics is one of the most popular stress relief exercises. Scientific research has shown that aerobic exercises produce endorphins which help to reduce stress. When you take part in any form of physical exercise, you heart will beat a …

Natural Stress Relief – Video on how stress makes you fat and interferes with clear thinking. Simple tips on the best diet and exercise regimen for managing stress. Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: natural stress relief stress management weight loss fatigue …

Natural Stress Relief – This video explains why stress results in weight gain, chronic fatigue, and “brain fog” and simple steps you can take to manage stress with the right diet, exercise, and other measures for those subjected to chronic high stress.

Natural Stress Relief – This video discusses how stress causes these problems and natural ways to alleviate them. Author: avatar DrGBest68 Tags: natural stress relief chronic fatigue syndrome brain fog natural weight loss belly fat managing stress …

Symptoms of Stress

There’s no doubt that being stressed WILL take its toll on your mental and physical well-being.

Stress is also a necessary ‘evil’ as it allows the release of adrenaline which prepares our bodies for the ‘fight or flight’ response whenever we are in a demanding or stressful situation.

In short bursts, this is fine. However, if stress is allowed to accumulate over a longer period of time, then it can have an adverse affect on our health.

Here are the [tag-tec]symptoms of stress[/tag-tec]:

  1. Our immune system can be put under strain which makes us susceptible to bugs and disease
  2. Anxiety
  3. Loss of appetite
  4. Depression
  5. A tendency to ‘comfort’ eat

Also, if you happen to be prone to drinking alcohol or smoking, you may find yourself indulging more than usual and become dependent on these ‘crutches’.

Sounds depressing, but there are things you can do (see the Stress Relief category).

As a starter, try to improve your response to stressful situations that occur in your everyday activities and routines.

Take it slowly and one-step at a time.

Here are some more news snippets re: stress -

Stress and Anxiety Symptoms HELP! – Stress Symptoms information, treatments, cures, free Panic and Anxiety report. Stress Symptoms articles, videos, news, podcast, blogoshere and more.

Stress Symptoms and Causes and Tips For Stress Relief – Stress is one of the several methods through which human bodies react to the changes around them. These are different types of changes that occur in the environment on a regular basis. Several factors such as finances, work environments …

How To Reduce Stress with the SPARKLE Formula – It’s a stimulant and can exacerbate physical symptoms of stress that you may already have. Choose water instead. Avoid the escalator or elevator and take the stairs. Find opportunities to go for a walk. Ideally, get exercise that causes …

Family Stress Ups Child’s Risk of Distress – Researchers discovered maternal distress symptoms, family stress and lack of social support in the child’s pre-school environment leads to an increase in anxiety and depression symptoms when these children reach 12-13 years old. …

Concern…or Excessive Worry and Stress? – All such concerns are important and valid, but are we overly worried about them? This excessive worry leads to stress. Well, here are the American Institute’s 50 Common Signs and Symptoms of Stress: (more)

Will You Relax?

Welcome to Will You Relax?

How many times has a friend or relative asked you that question? Don’t you feel it’s time to finally learn how to unwind, both for your own health AND to improve the quality of your relationships with friends and family?

This is where you’ll learn all about the latest relaxation and [tag-tec]stress relief[/tag-tec] news worth reading.

Regular updates on relaxation, [tag-tec]relaxation music[/tag-tec], massage, meditation, [tag-tec]stress management[/tag-tec], stress relief, how to spot the symptoms of stress and any issues dealing with getting YOU to de-stress!

Stay tuned as we have a ton of great content coming your way.