Description

For over fifty years modern man has been studying the nature of stress and its impact on people’s lives both physically and mentally. A recent book calls the present generation, “The Age of Stress,” and certainly the pace of life today is much faster than it ever was. When Hans Selye, the father of stress research, began his work, there were no personal computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones. The Internet was still a dream. The present volume is meant to be a manual for stress management. It teaches deep level relaxation, understanding the many pitfalls of modern stress, and most of all how to meditate. The three Parts are designed with specific purposes in mind. Part One is a reflection on the nature of stress and how it impacts our life. Part Two gives specific directions for the all important relaxation of Body and Mind. Part Three is a Meditation Manual, giving clear and useful instruction in the art of meditating. “Meditation includes a very deep and focused sense of self. And it occurs from the physical still point that the breathing gives us as our starting point. This process of relaxation is actually one of refining the communication between conscious and subconscious mind, between body and mind. The stress-filled situations of our life are constantly changing, and because of this our skills in relaxation need to be updated constantly to meet this crucial demand. ” As the stress of our active life changes, it becomes necessary to renew and update our approach. There are specific skills that can be developed to make the management of life’s stressors easy. This book is designed to give the tools and techniques needed to make tension into relaxation and stress into greater energy and enthusiasm. Relaxation of body and mind begins with deep breathing. When the mind becomes focused through the rhythm of the breath, the numerous actions and options of career and family life can be viewed from the center. Modern mental health makes the false assumption that this can be done with little or no effort. This manual will make it EASY!

Author: Johnson Phd, Robert M

Topic: Psychology
Media: Book
ISBN: 1492266221
Language: English
Pages: 152