stress management

am Dharmakeerti, a buddhist monk from Andhra Pradesh, India. Recently I happened to go around in one of the districts teaching emotional intelligence, mostly to students.

Any emotion is nothing, nothing and nothing but a thought followed by some swift sympathetic responses that can very well be felt in the body. Thinking mind may deceive a person with respect to his mental, verbal or physical behavior but feelings or sensations never do it so. By being aware of these sensations, and other stress responses one can really come out of any emotional outburst. Here are few methods I have been teaching.

1. Feel your body part where the stress has settled. Notice the changes in breathing pattern and heart beats.Think to yourself “it may become prone to some or other ailment”. As the Buddha said, the outside world shoots only one arrow at you and agonises. But the successive agonising shots are your own mental products. Think “is it wise?”

2. Take a deep breath and leave very very slowly but joyfully. Do it three times and notice the changes. Almost 60% of the stress responses would have ceased. Keep feeling the remaining stressful sensations especialy in heart till they cease.

If you feel it a bit difficult keep on inhaling deeply and exhaling very very slowly till you feel at ease.

Every emotion creates and feeds on a breathing pattern particular for it. Hence breaking the pattern can extinguish an emotion

3. Whenever you are alone or can manage never change the posture you are in (sitting, standing, walking, lying) till you get rid of the emotional responses in your body. If you do it 21 times it will become a habbit to relax whenever there is a stress.

4. Whenever you find time keep relaxing your face for one or two minutes. This will help you reduce stress levels time to time.

There are many more methods I can offer you depending on the situation you are in

I have developed a two day Mind-Body Management Programme and can come and conduct it at any place if some one organises. Those interested may e-mail me.

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