Introduction to Stress

All people experience physical, physiological, psychological, emotional, intellectual and spiritual stress. The key is to convert negative stress into positive stress. There are innumerable conditions associated with or directly caused by too much stress on the body/mind.

Everything is stressful and that's a good thing. Right now, you are in a field of gravity that is pulling your body towards the earth. This is a physical stress. If you ate anything today, your body is working to digest it. This is a chemical stress. If you're processing the information in this book, you're experiencing a mental stress. Everything is stressful. But it's important to keep our stress in proper balance and to view it as making us stronger.  

Life is dynamic; you are an expression of life, so you too are dynamic, an intricate symphony of systems all striving towards perfect harmony with one and other. Like an orchestra, if one instrument is out of tune the entire ensemble is affected. Eating a healthy diet, properly exercising, breathing exercises and rest all contribute to balancing stress in the body and alleviating some of its negative effects. 

In the following lessons you will learn how to effectively and efficiently manage stress to that it becomes an asset not an enemy.

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