One could say that healing crises present us with a learning challenge, one that provides potential for personal growth. So it can be with stress too. In order to recognise not only that the symptoms are potentially dangerous and to seek ways to manage oneself differently, but also to take a good hard look at the underlying patterns, we have to to make significants shifts in our outlook on life and how we live it. It might even be that the approaching “stress crisis” invites us to make a choice between an old paradigm and a new one. Since huge numbers of people are now experiencing stress, this could be saying something massive for humanity, if we choose to follow it.
In order to learn how to relieve stress, we may be well advised to take up some relaxation techniques and the process can take us to explore within. It will vary from person to person, but how to relieve stress often involves letting go of bodily tension. One very good technique for this is a body scan which you do with your mind, taking a relaxed posture and then scanning through the body and, in a sense, breathing into and letting go of tension felt in a particular part of the body. Another associated one is to focus awareness on your breath, breathing in and breathing out. Every time your mind gets distracted, often with things that cause you stress, you bring your awareness back to the breath.
The more you practice such relaxation, especially if in meditation, the more you can find yourself experiencing calm and peace. This practice of being present and aware, in a state of peace, can in itself be a breakthrough for people. It does take lots of practice, and a willingness and commitment to stay the course, and gently re-focus the mind every time it goes off course. This self discipine pays didvidends over time. It is not a quick fix, much though many people want that. It is a steady, focused effort to re-direct your life. Hence it becomes life changing, especially if combined with managing the mind as described in the last post. using self awareness to notice and let go of unhelpful patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving.
Here is where you can find a whole new dimension to your life, if you want it, one where you can progressively feel more at peace with yourself and with life. The inner calm I am writing about is there for everybody. It is a natural resource within in us. Life and its distractions, led by the ego, take off where it doesn’t serve us. The wake-up call of the healing crisis of stress, and learning how to relive stress, takes you to now places within and in your relationships with others and where you are going in life.
Our stress-relieving life coaching is particularly designed to help you with this process.


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