The regular practice of Vedic Meditation develops the ability to recover more rapidly from stressful stimulus
Stress is your body’s physical and psychological response to anything you perceive as overwhelming.
This may be viewed as a result of life’s demands, pleasant or unpleasant, and your lack of resources to meet them. Our bodies are designed to feel stress and react to it.
In each person’s life there are uncertainties that can cause stress. The change of a job may necessitate many other changes in the life of a person or family members. Trying to sell a home and buy another in the new location may be stressful. Logic and informed predictions have a place, but often stress piles up because there are so many “unknowns” in such situations.
Life is filled with uncertainty. It is discomforting not to know what is going to happen, particularly if your control of the situation is impeded – out of your hands.
The regular practice of Vedic Meditation develops the ability to recover more rapidly from stressful stimulus, and a reversal of symptomatology associated with severe and chronic stress.
When we feel overwhelmed, it is often because we are under too much stress. When we are under stress our bodies are functioning in survival mode (fight, flight or freeze). Our immune system is lowered, we become reactive rather than responsive, we tend to be more guarded, more defensive, and most importantly – our quality of life, our satisfaction is lowered and therefore we can experience lack of fulfillment in most areas of our life.
The regular practice of Vedic Meditation removes stress, anxiety and tension, therefore you respond to the stresses in a more positive way. And, because your body no longer stores as much stress and tension you start responding to life in new ways – more relaxed, resilient and care free.
Related Research findings:
Effects of Chronic Stress on the Brain
Chronic stress creates excessive levels of cortisol in the brain, impairing the function, short term and contextual memory …
Effects of Stress on the Immune System
Chronic stress affects the immune system by increasing sympathetic activity and decreasing cellular immunity …
Effects of Chronic Stress on the Cardiovascular and Metabolic System
Chronic stress can create significant damage to the cardiovascular system by increasing the risk of coronary artery disease …
Normal and Abnormal Responses to Stress
When stressed, your body creates extra energy to protect itself, somehow the energy must be channeled into responses to regain a balance …
The Biochemical Response to Stress
Chronic acute stress leads to an out of balance biochemistry with elevated cortisol and suppressed serotonin, consequently, stress plays a major causative role in both physical and mental health …
Our immune system weakens, we tend to be more reative (rather than responsive), more gaurded, defensive (crying over spilt milk), and most importantly – our quality of life, our life satisfaction is lowered.
Vedic Meditation is one of the most powerful techniques available for reducing stress and anxiety. That means that you no longer store as much stress and tension in your body and start responding to life with a positive attitude – relaxed, resliient and care free. It is also one of the easiest to learn and simplest to practice.
If you are in Auckland (NZ) call me on 09 419 5380, or email to to find our how Vedic Meditation could help you achieve better health.