Stress Management ?

Dr.Rajiv C. SharangpaniMS (General Surgery) Diplom Sports Medicine Germany

What is stress ?Stress is the interpretation of the present situation in the past context or future hope.

MANAGEMENTManaging Health, Money, Business etc increases it.If you manage stress it will also increase.Thus Stress Management is counterproductive.Becoming aware of our interpretations is the key.

AWARENESSAwareness is continuous, simultaneous, nonjudgmental and total perception of internal and external environment

RIGHT ACTIONEffortless Effort is the right action.Happens out of Awareness.Total awareness leads to absolutely right action.

InterpretationStory of the Sufi with wine and womanStory of Buddha when someone spits on him.

Society thrives on stress.Society makes each other more and more stressfull through advertisement,serials, movies, dramas, gossip,newspapers and result oriented approach which should be process oriented.

TAI CHI: SYMBOL OF THE UNIVERSEMind in body and Body in MindOne is in the otherRepresents the interrelationship of all dualities as complimentary and interdependent

FEAR IS THE KEYAll business in the society runs on FEAR.

A wrong conceptWe are oriented towards having disease and then treating it. We cannot think of health as such. In the same way we want to have stress and then manage it. This is business.

Damage to Mental healthDesireAngerConceitTemptationAvariceJealousyFearSTRESS

There was a Old man in China who had a beautiful horse

Real Stress if at allReal stress is only the stress of death for an average person because really nothing is known of the beyond

Story of dying Socrates

Signs of StressRapid Shallow breathingPalpitationsSweatingWhite faceTremblingLoose motions and frequency of urination

PEACEQuick AppreciationResponse and not reactionExpression and not suppressionPath of Heart

PATANJALIS ADVICEFriendship with strongEgoless pity for unfortunateHappiness for one doing goodIndifference for one doing bad

LaughterLaugh and no stress will touch you but it should be a belly laugh and not a polite social laugh which will increase the stress.

Key to stress reliefNasal abdominal breathing is the key.

Effect of ExerciseAll the exercises are a help to readjust the joint positions to relieve stress and keep the body/mind unstressed.Weight training is the most important exercise in present age and not Yoga.Effect of each exercise on body/mind different but all together they help.

YogaGives a neutral peaceful feeling

Weight TrainingGives a positive peaceful feeling.

Endurance trainingGives a negative peaceful feeling.

YOGIC FOODFood which gives pleasure to both ends of the Gastrointestinal tract.

Eating Meditation or Yogic eating.What we eat becomes our body/mindEat only when hungryEat when you eatDo not swallow till taste and flavour disappears.Bless the one who provided you mealsNever comment on food

Work from the highest thoughtThought becomes wordsWords become actionAction creates the world we live in.

Correct attitude

A correct attitude gives us the correct perspective of our situation and our place in the developing situation

Correct attitudesWork is its own rewardThis too shall passResponsibility is mineEverybody is equal before deathPresent moment is the culmination of life lived so farChange is truthThere is no cause and effect

There is no stress this moment, only if..

.you are in Meditation. Anything done with full AWARENESS is meditation.