STRESS IS THE NUMBER 1 KILLER

Welcome to my blog. And no, I don't mean to scare you and I certainly don't mean to sound threatening. It's just that more and more I am realising that finding ways to minimise (or even minimize) the effects of stress is probably our number one health challenge.

Yes, we have to watch what we eat and we especially need to be careful about what our children are eating. I'm not just referring to the epidemic of early onset Diabetes 2. I'm also talking about the lethal combination of too much fat with too little walking to the shops and practically no sport.

Apart from eating more wisely and having at least twenty minutes a day of some sort of enjoyable exercise - cos let's face it. There's no point being healthy if you don't enjoy yourself. But even if the exercise and diet regimen of most of us was wonderful, there is a secret killer lurking everywhere.

STRESS

Stress is now linked with physical illness, not just emotional disturbances.

On the world’s #1 health website Mercola.com you can read Dr Joseph Mercola’s assessment of stress and its role in so many physical illnesses. To quote him briefly:

“As a physician I have treated tens of thousands of chronically ill patients at my clinic, The Optimal Wellness Center, and more than any bad dietary or lifestyle habit the number one cause of illness has been stress.” (emphasis mine)

One of the simplest and most pleasurable ways to reduce the impact of stress on your body, your mind and your spirit, is to spend some 'alone time' meditating. Yes, I know that can be difficult to build into your busy day. But isn't that precisely why you should? I've been meditating for years but recently I discovered a foolproof way to get all the benefits of meditation even when I'm so busy I don't feel like it. I simply sit down, put on my stereo headphones and listen to my Insight CD. I won't bother to go into all the technical reasons why this works. Suffice to say that it's based on the getting-to-be-famous binaural beat technology. It sells for about 1/40 the price of the Holosync program. Having tried both, I stay with Insight CD but not just because of its price. Please consider visiting The Immrama Institute for more details, especially about the harmonically layered frequencies.

For now, be well and I'll be back with more tips on keeping cool and calm.

FINDING CENTER

The thought-free place we find in meditation is the center of our being. This center is the source of all energy. In Japan, it's called ki. The alignment of certain body movements with the ki is the basis of Karate. Such power is unleashed by someone who has mastered this martial art that a Karate black belt must register her hands with the police as lethal weapons. In China, this energy is called chi and is the center from which Chinese martial arts derive their power. In India, this energy is called Shakti and is worshiped in its many different forms as the power that creates the universe. In every culture this energy has been identified and acknowledge as being all powerful, all knowing and present in all things.
One of the ways to reach this core of energy within is through focusing on the breath. Focusing your attention on the breath is a common centering technique and will help you reach that thought-free state where you can experience that powerful energy inside. Give yourself ten minutes with this exercise. - Learning To Focus-