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.

Motivation to Exercise

How do you motivate yourself to find the time and energy to exercise?

If you are one of that kind who….

is convinced not to enjoy exercise
has no time to spend for exercise
was never sportive
has a big resistance to get started…..

or similar,

How about exercising for the sake of feeling good about yourself to do it anyway?

You don´t need this super motivation to do it. Just do it and be proud of yourself for investing 30 minutes or so into your wellbeing, ever though your mind was not cooperative. After a few times, your mind gives in and you even enjoy the time using your muscles, breathing deeply, feeling your heart beat. Check it out!

Peaceful Mind – Powerful Body

 

 

 

 

Walking Meditation for a peaceful mind and a powerful body

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!

 

 

Feel good NOW

WALKING MEDITATION is a technique to train yourself to feel good NOW: feel you body, get easy aerobic exercise, breathe fresh air, enjoy the nature and uplift yourself consciously.

Learn how to switch to a positive state of mind and serenity!
Experience the joy of natural relaxation and exercise motivated by fun!

WALKING MEDITATION is easy and effective – anywhere – anytime.

For information on Private Training, Online Coaching and tailored group sessions please contact Manuela at emailmanuela@gmail.com

Enjoy the path

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!

Positivity

WHAT YOU DON’T EXPERIENCE POSITIVELY YOU WILL EXPERIENCE NEGATIVELY  

Joseph Campbell

Peace in the present moment

FLOW – fully into what you are doing

Being in the NOW

Connected + part of the big picture

Meditation

Yoga

Sports

Experiencing connection with and in Nature

Hiking

Music

 

How do you experience peace in the present moment?