Change the impact STRESS has on you

Stress is one of the major risk factors for both physical and mental health.

Stress can have a very direct reaction on your stomach, lower back, hormones and more. Just think about the physical reaction you have when you face a scary situation. You can feel adrenaline cruising your system and get a tickling sensation in the arms or hands. Getting a tense neck or lifting the shoulders is another typical reaction. Your quality of sleep is harmed if you have a lot going on and can´t shut of your mind.

Stress is said to have a major impact on how cancers develop. HBP and cholesterol are impacted by yous stress coping capacities. The way you mentally process any situation has a direct impact on the development of the situation, how you perceive it and how well you cope.

Trying to control the people and situations around you will probably create more stress. However you can learn to be in control of how you cope, respond, react to stress.

Some of my clients used to say ….but how can I stay calm, if this idiot does the same error over and over again…. etc., etc..
Sometimes it takes a serious condition like a stroke to find out: yes, I can learn to let go and exchange the idiot for another one or teach the idiot to do better next time….

Learning ways to stay mentally calm, concentrated and positive can safe you life. It is a great idea to practice stress coping and relaxation techniques so you have them when you need them. Yaduma Walking Meditation is only one way to learn how to consciously relax and make a positive impact on your quality of life. It is a fun, easy and effective way because you combine mental relaxation with smooth physical workout, so you work from both, physical and mental, sides to great results and not only change your stress coping capacity but also produce well-feel hormones, while you burn fat and boost your circulation, metabolism and breathing. If you can manage to walk in the nature or a park you benefit of the calming colors and sounds. The more often you practice, the quicker the result. Soon, you will be able to de-stress within minutes going out there.

If you realize that you stress affects your quality of life be responsible and pro-active!

There are lots of tapes and techniques available for you to choose what suits you best. Check it out!

For a free consultation please call 310 600 5144 or email emailmanuela@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

You can control the way you respond to stress.

WALKING as Stress Coping Strategy and for Psychosomatic Problems

The head is directly connected to the body – meaning: your thinking influences your body reactions.

That is why learning new stress coping strategies during Walking sessions helps you in different ways, whether you suffer from psychosomatic problems, lack of motivation or risk factors due to stress such as HBP, cholesterol, weight or sleep problems:

1. You work out physically and reduce the level of stress hormones in your blood, burn calories, boost your blood circulation and metabolism. You actively improve your physical health.

2. You learn how to think differently and how to allow yourself to stay relaxed in challenging situations. Looking at situations from a difference  helps you realize what impact your own evaluations of situations have on you and that you do have a choice how to think about and deal with things in many different ways. Create a new pattern! Physical dis-eases are mostly a result of an imbalance or a dissatisfaction on some level. You can heal yourself finding out what a fulfilled life means for you and what you need to live in balance.

3. Take a Break and have Fun! Fun is a super-energizer. Realize that nothing happens if you allow yourself to take a break from your busy or stressful schedule, leave the problems aside for an hour and have a good time. Well, something does happen: you become more clear and relaxed and enable yourself to introduce new strategies. Beside that you experience the fun during and wellbeing after an hour Walking with a Coach who guides you to new thinking patterns.

It takes about 3 weeks until you not only see and feel the difference but also know deep inside, that you have a choice and are free to direct your life in the way you decide.

Enjoy the path!

For info,  appointments for Walking Sessions or Coaching please call 310 600 5144 or emailmanuela@gmail.com

Walking is easy. Everybody can do it. The key for better health and longterm wellbeing with Walking is to have fun and enjoy every single time you go. Be healthy!

Dreaming!

If my today`s thoughts are the script for tomorrow I keep on dreaming!

The truth is: I am a dreamer and some years back I thought I should change. Today I know the one thing I want to change is sticking to negative thoughts in case I do so. Dreaming is essential to visualize and create a inner picture and feeling of what makes your heart beat higher. If you can lift yourself into a good vibration you are already enjoying the goal you are dreaming of.

In Walking we use this positive dream picture of ourselves. It is easy, fun and effective to go vigorously, relaxed and balanced for one hour. It has a tremendous effect on your wellbeing as long as you stick to the enjoyment of the moment and stick to positive thoughts. It shows in your posture and vibrancy. You are strong and powerful during the Walk.

Stay tuned in. Keep on Walking!

For motivation and instruction call 310 600 5144

Release stress

Want to release stress?

RELAXATION

Focus on HOW you want to feel and HOW you would feel if you were totally free to enjoy the moment.

Take a virtual break.

Imagine you would put all your problems, fears, duties, things-to-do aside for only 5 minutes, knowing that they will still be there after your 5 minute break.

Take a deep breath. Exhale. Relax you facial muscles. Smile. Feel your body consciously. Feel which muscles are more tense and relax those muscles intentionally. Visualize how the muscles become longer each time you exhale.

Be aware that you may always take deep breaths, smiles and allow yourself to feel good.

 

 

 

Change – The Law of Attraction

 

Why is change so difficult?

Our thinking patterns are effected by genetics, education, conditioning….
We may experience “automized” thinking and feeling reactions that seem out of our control.
We attract what we are used to. We expect situations, things, emotions to happen the way we have experienced before.

To “change your mind” means to continuously be aware of what and how you think and willingly jettison thinking patterns that no longer serve you. Especially the way you think and feel about yourself.

Train yourself to consciously decide to think what fits for you today!

 

 

WALKING IS GOOD BRAIN EXERCISE

By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on August 27, 2010

Researchers have discovered that moderate exercise, such as walking for 40 minutes three times a week, can enhance cognitive skills.

Specifically, the exercise can improve the connectivity of important brain circuits, mitigate declines in brain function associated with aging and improve performance on cognitive task.

Researchers followed a group of “professional couch potatoes,” composed of 65 adults ages 59 to 80, who joined a walking group or stretching and toning group for a year.

…. the study looked at activity in brain regions that function together as networks.

“Almost nothing in the brain gets done by one area – it’s more of a circuit,” said University of Illinois psychology professor and Beckman Institute Director Art Kramer, who led the study.

“These networks can become more or less connected. In general, as we get older, they become less connected, so we were interested in the effects of fitness on connectivity of brain networks that show the most dysfunction with age.” …..

Neuroscientists have identified several distinct brain circuits. Perhaps the most intriguing is the default mode network (DMN), which dominates brain activity when a person is least engaged with the outside world – either passively observing something or simply daydreaming.

Previous studies found that a loss of coordination in the DMN is a common symptom of aging and in extreme cases can be a marker of disease, Voss said.

“For example, people with Alzheimer’s disease tend to have less activity in the default mode network and they tend to have less connectivity,” she said.

Low connectivity means that the different parts of the circuit are not operating in sync. Like poorly trained athletes on a rowing team, the brain regions that make up the circuit lack coordination and so do not function at optimal efficiency or speed, Voss said.

In a healthy young brain, activity in the DMN quickly diminishes when a person engages in an activity that requires focus on the external environment.

Older people, people with Alzheimer’s disease and those who are schizophrenic have more difficulty “down-regulating” the DMN so that other brain networks can come to the fore, Kramer said.

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Previous studies have found that aerobic exercise can enhance the function of specific brain structures, Kramer said. This study shows that even moderate aerobic exercise also improves the coordination of important brain networks.

“The higher the connectivity, the better the performance on some of these cognitive tasks, especially the ones we call executive control tasks – things like planning, scheduling, dealing with ambiguity, working memory and multitasking,” Kramer said….

Source: University of Illinois

READ IN FULL at http://psychcentral.com/news/2010/08/27

Cope Stress Mind to Body- Body to Mind

“YOU CAN’T REMOVE YOUR HEAD OFF YOUR BODY!   USE BOTH WISELY “

Stress starts in the brain. It is a chemical process. Stress hormones cruise your body.
You have choices how to deal with it.

Understand how stress works and be PROACTIVE: start Walking Meditation!
It takes only approximately 6 hours to enable yourself using this incredible tool – plus

It is fun!

Power Walking

Power Walking is the ultimate remedy to burn fat, cope with stress, clear you mind and feel good. The secret is: as soon as you enjoy what you do, you benefit from it. “Power” Walking sounds irritating: you do not need to use a lot of Power, in fact, many people need to slow down to burn more fat, you actually gain Power. That is the whole idea.

Why do you feel better?  Walking changes the hormones, you produce more endorphins, the level of stress hormones decreases. You lift your overall wellbeing by using your body, state of muscles, circulation, digestion is improved, like a car that gets finally out of the garage for a ride.

Moderation and consistency is the key. 3-5 times a week is perfect. Watch your mind! What you think is what you get. Fun is important. Flow instead of struggle.

A Specialist can coach you how to use this time for yourself most beneficially. Learn how Power Walking can change your quality of life and how you free yourself from old invaluable habits.