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Mindfulness and the stress response

VS.

Breathwork revisited

Maladaptive response

Practice:

.Stress.

Loving Kindness Meditation

  • primarily a physical response
  • "fight or flight response"

Mood issues. Anxiety, panic, depression, irritability.

sleeping issues, headaches.

loss of memory, concentration and problem solving ability

Increased: heart rate, blood pressure, cholesterol, risk of heart attack/disease

Immune system compromised, less ability to ward of illness and heal

STRESS is SAVVY

Digestion deficiencies: nausea, cramps, bloating, reflux

loss of libido.reduced sperm count for

men, increased menstrual pain for women

parasympathetic

sympathetic

rest

and

digest

fight

or

flight

joint and muscle aches and pain

What Can we Do?

reduce & work with modern stressors

reduced bone density

de-stress the mind and body

build adaptation energy

Review:

  • old brain, new world
  • 'fight or flight' vs. 'rest & digest'
  • sustained stress impacts all systems of the body
  • stress is savvy...manifests uniquely to you

What makes YOU feel like you're being attacked by a tiger?

Weekly Practice:

  • use alternate nostril breathing to calm in moments of stress
  • 5-10min daily loving kindness meditation
  • Journal experience, feeling, sensations
  • be playful. have fun with it.
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