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Mind
/ body
relaxation
and its
benefits
Stress
Control
Heart
Disease
and High
Blood
Pressure
Relaxation
&
Meditation
are the
major
components
of
Ornish
therapy,
a
treatment
scientifically
proven
to
reverse
heart
disease.
The
Physical
And
Mental
Benefits
Of
Proper
Relaxation
Most of
the
people
who get
on
meditation
do so
because
of its
beneficial
effects
on
stress.
Stress
refers
to any
or all
the
various
pressures
experienced
in life.
These
can come
from
family,
work,
environment,
illness,
bullying,
loneliness
to
mention
a few,
and fuel
such
conditions
as
anxiety,
hypertension,
and
heart
disease.
Mind and
body
relaxation
helps to
handle
stressful
situations,
rather
then
being
handled
by them.
Research
has
shown
that
hormones
and
other
biochemical
compounds
in the
blood
indicative
of
stress
tend to
decrease
during
Meditation
practice.
These
changes
also
stabilize
over
time, so
that a
person
is
actually
less
stressed
bio
chemically
during
daily
activity.
The
reduction
of
stress
influences
the
nervous
system
directly
and the
benefits
are a
positive
reduction
of
anxiety
and
tension.
hundreds
of
studies
have
confirmed
this.
Pain
Management
Chronic
pain can
systematically
erode
the
quality
of life.
Although
great
improvements
are
being
made in
traditional
medicine
to treat
recurring
pain,
treatment
is not
always
as
simple
as
prescribing
some
medication.
For
example
when
faced
with an
illness,
there
can be
anxiety
which by
its very
nature
creates
more
negative
emotions
and also
fear.
This can
be a
vicious
cycle,
people
under
stress
experience
pain
more,
which
can
result
in
increased
stress
and so
on.
Meditation
can help
and
break
the
circle.
Meditative
relaxation
techniques
are also
a very
helpful
element,
easing
arthritis.
Meditation
may not
take the
pain
away
but it
does help
to cope
better.
What Is
Anxiety
Disorder?
Anxiety
disorder
is
another
important
psychiatric
disease.
Everyone
experiences
anxiety
at any
moment
in life.
Anxiety
manifests
as
headache,
palpitation,
tremor,
increase
urinary
frequency,
excessive
sweating,
diarrhoea
etc.
There
are
various
types of
anxiety
disorder
such as
Generalized
anxiety
disorder,
Panic
disorder,
Phobic
disorder,
Stress
disorder,
Obsessive-Compulsive
disorder
etc.
In
Generalized
anxiety
disorder
patients
feel
anxiety
in
almost
every
incident
they
face in
everyday
life.
Panic
disorder
is a
period
of
intense
fear or
discomfort
developed
abruptly
and
reaches
a peak
within
10
minutes.
Fear of
dying,
feeling
of
choking,
chest
pain,
chills
or hot
flushes
are some
of the
symptoms
of Panic
disorder.
Phobic
disorder
is a
persistent
fear
that is
excessive
or
unreasonable,
cued by
the
presence
or
anticipation
of a
specific
object
or
situation
(e.g.
heights,
animals,
seeing
blood).
Stress
disorder
can
arise
from
experiences
in war,
natural
catastrophes,
serious
accidents
etc.
People
re-experience
the
traumatic
event in
their
dreams,
in their
thoughts.
Obsessive
Compulsive
disorder
OCD
manifests
repetitive
behaviours
(e.g.
hand
washing,
ordering,
checking
etc) or
mental
act
(e.g.
praying,
counting,
repeating
words
silently).
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Infertility
Infertility
can make
couples
depressed,
anxious
and
angry.
Relaxation
responses
from
Meditation
help
such
stressed
out
couples,
,as they
begin to
experience
less
distress
and are
more
likely
to be
successful.
Illness
Irritable
Bowel
Syndrome,
Ulcers,
and
Insomnia
Meditation
can also
improve
irritable
bowel
syndrome,
ulcers,
and
insomnia,
among
other
stress-related
conditions.
Eighty
percent
of the
people
who use
meditation
to
relieve
insomnia
are
successful.
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Anxiety
and
Headaches
Mind and
body
relaxation
can help
prevent
or treat
stress-related
complaints
such as
anxiety,
headaches
and
bone,
muscle
and
joint
difficulties.
Meditation
also
provides
an inner
sense of
clarity
and
calm,
and
that, in
itself,
may help
ward off
certain
illnesses.
Panic
Attacks
Fears
and
Phobias
Mind and
body
relaxation
can help
most
people
feel
less
anxious
and more
in
control,
with a
good
feeling
of fear
reduction.
It is
especially
effective
for
phobias
and
panic
attacks.
The
awareness
that
type of
relaxation
brings
can also
be a
source
of
personal
insight
and
self-understanding. See
Anxiety
Disorder
Handling
Repressed
Memories
Mind and
body
relaxation
may lead
to a
breakdown
of
screen
memories
so that
early
childhood
abuse
episodes
and
other
traumas
suddenly
flood
the
mind,
making
the
patient
temporarily
more
anxious
until
these
traumas
are
healed.
Many
so-called
meditation
exercises
are
actually
forms of
imagery
and
visualization
that are
extraordinarily
useful
in
healing
old
traumas,
confronting
death
anxieties,
finishing
'old
business',
learning
to
forgive,
and
enhancing
self-esteem.
Depression
Feelings
of
helplessness,
hopelessness
and
isolation
are
hallmarks
of
depression—the
age's
most
prevalent
mental
health
problem.
Mind and
body
relaxation
increases
self-confidence
and
feelings
of
connection
to
others.
Many
studies
have
shown
that
depressed
people
feel
much
better
after
eliciting
the
relaxation
response.
Panic
Attacks
Sometimes
anxiety
becomes
paralyzing
and
people
feel
(wrongly)
that
they are
about to
suffer
some
horrible
fate.
Panic
attacks
are
often
treated
with
drugs,
but
studies
show
that if
people
who are
prone to
panic
attacks
begin
focused,
meditative
breathing
the
instant
they
feel the
first
signs of
an
episode,
they are
less
likely
to have
a
full-blown
panic
attack
Mind and
body
relaxation
frees
persons
from
tenacious
preoccupation
with the
past and
future
and
allows
them to
fully
experience
life's
precious
moments.
Many men
and
women
tend to
live in
a state
of
perpetual
motion
and
expectation
that
prevents
them
from
appreciating
the
gifts
that
each
moment
gives
us.
Mind and
body
relaxation
is a
process
that
returns
us to
the
present
moment
of our
lives
and
allows
us to
wake up
and re
evaluate
the way
that we
live our
lives.
What
Is
Stress
Disorder?
Acute
disorder
and
post-traumatic
disorder
are the
two main
stress
disorder.
In
posttraumatic
disorder,
the
person
reacts
to the
experience
with
fear and
helplessness,
persistently
relives
the
event
and
tries to
avoid
being
reminded
of it.
Acute
disorder
is
largely
similar
to
posttraumatic
stress
disorder
except
that the
symptoms
occur
within 4
weeks of
the
event
and last
from 2
days to
4 weeks.
The
posttraumatic
disorder
can rise
from
experiences
in war,
torture,
natural
catastrophes,
assault,
rape and
serious
accident.
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