Stress Overload:
The body is designed to be self-healing. It has mechanisms that constantly monitor every function that is taking place externally and internally and is continuously adapting to both of these influences.
While a certain amount of stress is necessary, to motivate us, in the ever-increasing fast pace of life sometimes our body is unable to adapt to the constant stresses we are exposed to. When the body fails to adapt successfully stress overload is reached.
As a result muscles clench up in a mechanism of protective action and over time the stresses become stored as “body stress”. As we differ in our emotional and physical makeup, we have varying degrees of susceptibility to stress overload.
This stored tension may manifests in numerous different ways, one could experience pain, stiffness, numbness and/or postural distortions, fatigue, lack of flexibility and the body’s capacity to co-ordinate daily functioning is undermined.
Reducing the Negative Stress in our Lives:
We all need to take responsibility for our own health, by striving to reduce the negative stresses to which we are subjected.
To minimise chemical stress, it makes sense to follow a balanced and varied diet. Eat foods in forms as close as possible to their original state, and choose those containing the fewest additives. We should avoid exposure to harmful substances, by minimising skin contact and being careful not to inhale sprays.
We can reduce mechanical stress by improving our posture, by sitting, bending and lifting correctly, and avoiding potentially harmful exercises. Obviously it is helpful to pursue moderate and sensible forms of exercise to strengthen muscles.
As for the emotional/mental stress in our lives, we need to learn to consciously relax when we feel ourselves becoming tense. It is also advisable to seek out whatever activities and techniques help us, as individuals, to approach emotional balance and inner peace.
By minimising stress overload, together with Body Stress Release, we allow ourselves the opportunity of expressing our highest life potential.