11. Do you know the difference between stress and non-stress?
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13. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Inner Peace In other words Would you like to know how to be in a state of inner peace “You never change things by fighting the existing reality.To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete” Buckminster Fuller
14. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Inner Peace In other words Would you like to know how to be in a state of inner peace All the time? “You never change things by fighting the existing reality.To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete” Buckminster Fuller
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16. Solutions (practical)“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete” Buckminster Fuller
34. Understanding“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete” Buckminster Fuller
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36. 90% of the U.S. population suffers from some type of anxiety disorder
37. Over 70 million people in the United States have hypertension or high blood pressure Source: American Stress Institute
40. Cardiovascular disease is the #1 cause of death in the United States and in most countries todaySource: American Stress Institute and Heartmath Institute
80. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good So what is stress? First coined in 1930s “The consequence of the failure of an organism – human or animal – to respond appropriately to emotional or physical threats, “Sickness is felt, but health not at all”
81. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good So what is stress? First coined in 1930s “The consequence of the failure of an organism – human or animal – to respond appropriately to emotional or physical threats, whether actual or imagined” Source: Wikepedia “Sickness is felt, but health not at all”
82. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good A simple definition ‘An internal nervous system response “Sickness is a healthy reaction to an unhealthy situation” Gilles Marin
83. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good A simple definition ‘An internal nervous system response where bye the fight-flight (sympathetic nervous) system of the body is triggered “Sickness is a healthy reaction to an unhealthy situation” Gilles Marin
84. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good A simple definition ‘An internal nervous system response where bye the fight-flight (sympathetic nervous) system of the body is triggered as a result of either internal or external stressors’ Kim Knight “Sickness is a healthy reaction to an unhealthy situation” Gilles Marin
105. Designed for emergencies to get us out of danger“Sickness is a healthy reaction to an unhealthy situation” Gilles Marin
106. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good The stress response All systems of the body affected: “Sickness is a healthy reaction to an unhealthy situation” Gilles Marin
137. Internal systems working optimally“I cannot always control what goes on outside, but I can always control what goes on inside.” Wayne Dwyer
138. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Paradigm shift Our natural state is to be calm and relaxed “Sickness is felt, but health not at all”
139. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Paradigm shift Our natural state is to be calm and relaxed ...all of the time “Sickness is felt, but health not at all”
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149. The state of the Tao“Sickness is felt, but health not at all”
150. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Yellow Emperor “Be relaxed, calm and natural. If you are living according to the last principle, your pure Qi will continually flow in abundance and with vigour... ...when mind, Shen or spirit is in a harmonious state and abiding inward, rather than being orderless, scattered and directed outward, where can illness come from?” “Sickness is felt, but health not at all”
151. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Paradigm shift So, if our NATURAL state is to be calm and relaxed (parasympathetic mode) “Sickness is felt, but health not at all”
152. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Paradigm shift So, if our NATURAL state is to be calm and relaxed (parasympathetic mode) Then it must be UNNATURAL to be stressed (Sympathetic mode) “Sickness is felt, but health not at all”
153. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Paradigm shift So, if our NATURAL state is to be calm and relaxed (parasympathetic mode) Then it must be UNNATURAL to be stressed (Sympathetic mode) Therefore what is normal has become abnormal “Sickness is felt, but health not at all”
154. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Paradigm shift So, if our NATURAL state is to be calm and relaxed (parasympathetic mode) Then it must be UNNATURAL to be stressed (Sympathetic mode) Therefore what is normal has become abnormal What is abnormal has become normal “Sickness is felt, but health not at all”
155. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Taoist Theory Being calm and relaxed is the key to: Health Wealth Longevity
156. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Taoist Theory HokLokSiu
157. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Taoist Theory “When we are in a good qigong state which is the healthiest state of life, we should trust that everything that is going to happen will be a good thing” Master Yuan Tze
158. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Stress – the root of disease Stress: fertile ground for the cultivation of disease
159. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good The true meaning of stress Disease is a state of dis-ease
160. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good The true meaning of stress Disease is a state of dis-ease Stress is a state of dis-ease
161. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good The true meaning of stress Disease is a state of dis-ease Stress is a state of dis-ease of body-mind-emotions
162. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Stress is internal Stress is ALWAYS an internal response. “I cannot always control what goes on outside, but I can always control what goes on inside.” Wayne Dwyer
163. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Stress is internal Stress is ALWAYS an internal response. Any external or internal events are merely triggers or ‘stressors’. “I cannot always control what goes on outside, but I can always control what goes on inside.” Wayne Dwyer
164. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Stress is internal Stress is ALWAYS an internal response. Any external or internal events are merely triggers or ‘stressors’. External events are always neutral “I cannot always control what goes on outside, but I can always control what goes on inside.” Wayne Dwyer
165. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Stress is an addiction We have unconsciously trained ourselves to live from the sympathetic nervous system response “Transformation does not come from struggle but from expanding awareness” Adyashanti, enlightened teacher
166. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Stress is an addiction We have unconsciously trained ourselves to live from the sympathetic nervous system response Step One for any addiction: recognition and acknowledgement “Transformation does not come from struggle but from expanding awareness” Adyashanti, enlightened teacher
167. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Stress is an addiction We have unconsciously trained ourselves to live from the sympathetic nervous system response Step One for any addiction: recognition and acknowledgement Step Two: Change habits and behaviours “Transformation does not come from struggle but from expanding awareness” Adyashanti, enlightened teacher
172. To calm the mind and relax the body“An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory” P Hariharananada, enlightened teacher
173. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Three Brains Brain in head - Intellect Heart Mind - Wisdom Abdominal brain – gut feeling “Sickness is felt, but health not at all”
174. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good The role of emotions in stress “A symptom never comes without a preceding emotion. Symptoms are intelligent and necessary communication from the body to the head” Dr David Mickel “Transformation does not come from struggle but from expanding awareness” Adyashanti, enlightened teacher
184. Physical, emotional and mental symptoms“Transformation does not come from struggle but from expanding awareness” Adyashanti, enlightened teacher
185. Levels of body communication Sensations www.mickeltherapy.co.nz www.mickeltherapy.com Gut feelings Sensation without pain
186. Levels of body communication Emotions Sensations Fear, Worry Sadness, Anger www.mickeltherapy.co.nz www.mickeltherapy.com Gut feelings Sensation without pain
187. Levels of body communication Emotions Sensations STRESS RESPONSE INVOKED Fear, Worry Sadness, Anger www.mickeltherapy.co.nz www.mickeltherapy.com Gut feelings Sensation without pain
188. Levels of body communication Mental symptoms Emotions Sensations Anxiety Depression STRESS RESPONSE INVOKED Fear, Worry Sadness, Anger www.mickeltherapy.co.nz www.mickeltherapy.com Gut feelings Sensation without pain
189. Levels of body communication Physical symptoms Mental symptoms Emotions Sensations Allergies Insomnia IBS Anxiety Depression STRESS RESPONSE INVOKED Fear, Worry Sadness, Anger www.mickeltherapy.co.nz www.mickeltherapy.com Gut feelings Sensation without pain
190. Levels of body communication Migraines Fibromyalgia CFS Physical symptoms Mental symptoms Emotions Sensations Food intolerances Allergies Insomnia IBS Anxiety Depression STRESS RESPONSE INVOKED Fear, Worry Sadness, Anger www.mickeltherapy.co.nz www.mickeltherapy.com Gut feelings Sensation without pain
194. Results“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete” Buckminster Fuller
195. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Awareness Start noticing the ‘tell-tale signs’ “To see one’s predicament clearly is the first step to going beyond it” EchhardtTolle, best-selling author
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197. Never enough time...“To see one’s predicament clearly is the first step to going beyond it” EchhardtTolle, best-selling author
198. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Impatience What is really happening when we are impatient? “To see one’s predicament clearly is the first step to going beyond it” EchhardtTolle, best-selling author
199. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Impatience What is really happening when we are impatient? In emergency mode “To see one’s predicament clearly is the first step to going beyond it” EchhardtTolle, best-selling author
200. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Impatience What is really happening when we are impatient? In emergency mode That’s why we feel or it seems we have to do everything ‘right now!’ “To see one’s predicament clearly is the first step to going beyond it” EchhardtTolle, best-selling author
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202. Never enough time...“To see one’s predicament clearly is the first step to going beyond it” EchhardtTolle, best-selling author
221. Drinking lots of coffee and energy drinks“Knowledge without application is useless”
222. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Insanity ‘The definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result’
223. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Keys to health ‘There is only one disease in world: Ignorance. If you know and feel how your body reacts, You can change anything’ Andre Noquet, Aikido Master
224. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Excellence ‘We are what we repeatedly do Excellence is then not an act but a habit’ Aristotle “Sickness is a healthy reaction to an unhealthy situation” Gilles Marin
225. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Solutions ‘Become aware and take care’ Self-awareness Self-responsibility Self-care “Excellence is won by training and habituation. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is then not an act but a habit” Aristotle
226. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Solutions Three-fold approach: Self-induced stress Become aware Change habits External Stressors Identify Resolve Proactive self-care Look after self Daily de-stressing “Excellence is won by training and habituation. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is then not an act but a habit” Aristotle
227. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Solutions Awareness and Action Self-induced stress Become aware Change habits “Excellence is won by training and habituation. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is then not an act but a habit” Aristotle
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230. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Solutions Awareness and Action External Stressors Identify Resolve “Excellence is won by training and habituation. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is then not an act but a habit” Aristotle
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233. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Exercise: 5 Step Process Become aware of and identify the situation that is creating the stress or tension inside your body-mind Identify the emotions your body is sending you about the situation Decide what ACTION you need to take to dispel the emotions Take the action Notice the result
234. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Exercise: I feel, I need Situation that is creating stress or tension Identify the emotions underneath the stress (nb anxiety is a symptom not an emotion) Communicate your feelings about the situation to the person involved using “I feel (sad, annoyed.....)” State what you need to feel better (“I need / want...”) Put steps 3 and 4 into action Notice the result
235. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Solutions Self-care Proactive self-care Look after self Daily de-stressing “Excellence is won by training and habituation. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is then not an act but a habit” Aristotle
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237. Put into place regular relaxation inducing exercises eg. Walks, Meditation, Qi Gong, Yoga
238. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Exercise: Putting self first Exercise: ‘How can look after myself today?’ Every day, when you wake up in the morning, ask yourself: “How can I look after myself today?’
239. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Exercise: Self-care habits Exercise: Your ‘self-care’ list Decide what self-care actions you could put into place to look after yourself in your life
271. The benefits of reducing and eradicating stress in your life...for good Five Intelligences FIRE Spiritual Intelligence WOOD Intellectual Intelligence EARTH Practical Intelligence METAL Emotional Intelligence WATER Instinctual Intelligence