For thousands of years, many believed that stress could make you sick. But until science supported this fact there was little done about stress in the area of medicine. To tell the truth there is still very little done about stress even today in the western medicine except for maybe prescribing a pill.
The truth is many approaches like meditation, prayer, music, sleep, yoga.. and the list goes I know in my heart really work to maintain health.
Heart disease is the number-one cause of death in the United States and many other countries in the world. One of the most devastating results of long-term chronic stress may turn out to be its like to heart disease. This fact is not surprising because stress can increase your blood pressure, constrict your blood vessels raise your cholesterol lever, trigger arrhythmias, and speeds up the rate at which your blood clots.
Stress is now considered a major risk factor in heart disease, right up there with smoking, being overweight, and lack of exercise.
Today there is convincing evidence that stress and emotions such as hostility and anger play a significant role in the development of heart disease. In the 1950’s researcher Robert Shekelle found that high hostility was a significant predictor of increased risk of heart disease.
In one study conducted by Redford Williams, found that individuals with high hostility scores had the most coronary blockage. In fact, over 70 percent of the subjects in his study with high hostility scores had severe blockages.
Now that you know how stress can effect you heart it’s time for a bit of Instant ahhhh..
When you are triggered by stress, anger and hostility, you need a way to induce relaxation instantly. You need a cue, like the command “Relax,” in order to reduce your anxiety as quickly as possible. Get comfortable in a seated position. Take a deep breath and hold it for an extra moment. When you release this breath, focus on blowing your worries far away Let go of any excess tension still in your body. Continue to breathe in and out deeply and rhythmically, saying to yourself silently. “breath in” on the inhale and “breath out longer” on the exhale. Follow this repetition for five minutes.
With each breath peace, and calm comes in and tension and stress moves out.
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