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SAHAJA YOGA

STRESS

MANAGEMENTPart ΙΙΙ



Stress is a physiological mechanism



Stress and Evolution

Stress is not a disease or harmful“byproduct” of civilization. Stressmechanisms emerged very early in

the history of life

The stress response has been shapedby natural selection to increase the

ability of organisms to cope withsituations that require action ordefense




The stress system is a complex,sophisticated, and carefullyregulated adaptation system

Development of stress system givesa selective advantage to theorganism

That advantage must be substantialin order to outweigh its huge costs



The ones who had thestrongest stressreaction…

weresurvivors!

We have “in blood” theirstrongest “Genes of Stress”




Stress mechanism

midbrainmidbrain

hypothalamushypothalamus

amygdala, hippocampusamygdala, hippocampus(limbic system)(limbic system)

adrenaladrenal

cortexcortex

pituitarypituitary

cerebral cortexcerebral cortex

cortisolcortisol

ACTHACTH

CRF AVPCRF AVP

H P A

A x i s

H P A

A x i s

neuro-neuro-transmitterstransmitters

neuro-neuro-transmitterstransmitters The nervous stimuli coming from

the cerebral cortex, the reticularformation and the limbic systemactivate the neuroendocrine cellsof hypothalamus which releases

the corticotrophic hormonereleasing factor (CRF) andvasopressin (AVP). When CRFreaches adenohypophysis it elicitsa discharge of adrenocorticotrophichormone (ACTH) into the generalcirculation. Upon reaching theadrenal cortex, it causessecretion of cortisol and otherglucocorticoids. This chain of events is cybernetically controlled

by several biofeedbackmechanisms (not shown).

( very very simplified ☻)



Major acute effects

Increase:heart rate, breath rate;blood pressure;muscle and brain blood

circulation;cholesterol and fatty acids inblood;production of blood sugar;

blood clotting;stomach acids.

Decrease:inner organs bloodcirculation;immune response;protein synthesis;

digestion.



Major chronic effects

Increase in size of the adrenal and thyroiddecrease in size of the thymus, spleen, lymphglands and liverformation of erosions in digestive tract

general body growth ceasesexhaustion of central and autonomic nervoussystem

psycho-emotional disordersautoimmune disorderscancercardio-vascular diseasesfat metabolism deviances, obesitycarbohydrate metabolism deviances,

diabetes



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Alarm Reaction Resistance ExhaustionSTAGE:

S p e c i f i c

R e s i s t a n c e

C r o s s e d

ShockCounter

Shock

Response to Stress by Hans Selye (1946)

Baseline

Three phases of Stress

Frequent or chronic exposure to

stress cause faster and deeper

exhaustion

The proposal to use the phase

of resistance for productivity

boost is very popular but

extremely dangerous

The phases of alarm and

exhaustion is not only unpleasant

but really destructive for health



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Stress always costs yourhealthOne will say it is evil !

Nor good, nor bad – it’s ournature. The stress response ismeant to increase the ability of organism to cope with

situations that require actionor defense. The problemcomes when we “misuse” it.

Just be aware for what you trade

your health…

The Benefit and Cost of Stress



Medicine and Stress

One should be very careful using

medication for the stress solution.

The effect of many medicines based onsuppression of central and autonomic nervous

system as far as stress hormone production.

As a result of that the effectiveness of an

“emergency response system” can be

dramatically reduced.



o no suppress s ressreactivity !

The cost may be much higher if stressmechanism is suppressed by medication incase of real threat. One of the mostpowerful natural action/defense systemwill be disabled.

nostressreaction

lightstressreaction

moderatestressreaction

heavystressreaction

c o s t

Stress with real threatStress without real threat





How Sahaja Yoga can help you?

• Meditation can improve your life andreduce the chance to face stressfulsituation• Meditation can help you to get reed of

the stressful thoughts However sometimesthe ‘things’ use tohappen…

Can Sahajayoga meditationhelp you in such

case ?



Mind + Body + Soul

The solution is in unique knowledge about

Mind-Body-Subtle System (Soul) connection

and interaction.

Sahaja yoga is not only giving this

knowledge but the skills to improve thatinteraction.



Almost the wholebody are involvedin mechanism of stress, but thereare organs andsystems that play

the key role.

rgans and systems responsible for stre

cortex

Limbic system



Mind-Body-Soul Interaction

Sahaja Yoga improves the

conditions of your subtle energy

centers (chakras) and channels

(nadis) that have particular

influence on corresponding

organs and physiological

systems engaged in stress.

Sahaja Yoga

provide the specialtechniques for“cleansing” chakrasand channels thathelp you to fix your

“week points”

sahasrara chakrasahasrara chakra

pingala nadipingala nadi

agia chakraagia chakra

ida nadiida nadi

swadhistan chakraswadhistan chakra



a a a oga – r p e s ressprotection

• Be av ora protect on– . Sahaja Yoga transformyour life style so that youavoid stressful situations

• Mental protection –. Thoughtless Awarenessachieved through Sahajameditation a unique barrierfor development andamplification of the vicious

circles of stress

• Physiologicalprotection – special skillsof self-regulation reduce theinvincible damaging effect of stress on our organism andincrease the efficiency of ost-stress recover

(The summary)

Stress in Your Lifebefore

after

the situationswe can control

the situations

we can't control

our stressfulthoughts

the harmthe harmreducedreduced



Practical advises

• Do not try to analyze the cause of your stress.It might increase rampaging fire in your head.

Simply work on your chakras according to the

current problems (indications of your fingers).

• Sahaja yoga is very amazing living process. Do

not get fixed on your problems it makes them

hard to go.

• Very fast you can learn how to help other. That

will increase your progress.



please forget all this scientific stuff

Open your heart,

enjoy the magic of Meditatio

open your mind and…

Now…

MeditationClick on the icon

for music

Put on some music



Thank Youand good luck in becoming yourown Master of Stress Management



Questions & Feedback

You are most welcomed to ask any questions at this

moment

Always for You and Your friends all-around the world -

International website of Sahaja Yoga:

www.sahajayoga.org

Feel free to contact us at any time:

phone: add yours

E-mail: add yours



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W at cou e aStressor

Physical threat

Social (mental) threat

Everybody knows about thesetypes of stressors because itsassociated with negative emotions

W at cou e a



Social (mental) appetition

Do you aware that these are very

powerful stressors too…


Physical appetition

W at cou e a



Social (mental) appetition

Its push the same buttons. Some may miss the point

because its masked by positive emotion. But stress is

stress – we are paying our health


Physical appetition

cortex

Limbic system

Normal stateNormal state

STRESSSTRESS



Acute Stress

Episodic Acute Stress

Chronic Stress

Different Types of Stress

According to the character of exposurestressors can cause different kinds of

stress:



Source:It comes from demands and pressures of the recent past andanticipated demands and pressures of the near future.

Examples: the auto accident that crumpled the car fender, the loss of animportant contract, a deadline one‘s rushing to meet, child's occasional

problems at school, etc.

Health threat level is Low:Doesn't have enough time to do the extensive damage. Sometimescan cause tension headache, chest, back, and jaw pain; heartburn,diarrhea, constipation, and irritable bowel syndrome; short-termelevation in blood pressure, dizziness, migraine headaches, shortness of breath, etc.

Treatment is Easy:Highly treatable and manageable.

Acute Stress

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Source:Personality characteristics that creates frequent episodes of acute stress.

Examples: The cardiac prone, "Type A" personality have an excessive competitive drive,aggressiveness, impatience, a harrying sense of time urgency, and almostalways a deep-seated insecurity;"Worry warts" see disaster around every corner and pessimistically forecastcatastrophe in every situation. The world is a dangerous, unrewarding,punitive place where something awful is always about to happen.

Health threat level is Moderate:Often leads to extended over arousal and tension, aggressiveness, anxietyand depression; Typically cause persistent tension headaches, migraines, chest and backpain;Significantly increase risk of hypertension disease, coronary heat disease,

diabetes etc.;

Treatment is Complicated: Treating requires multilevel interventions, generally requiring professionalhelp. Usually patients see nothing wrong with the way they conduct their lives.

They blame their woes on other people and external events. Sometimesappears to be fiercely resistant to change.

Episodic Acute Stress

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Source:Chronic stress comes when a person never see a way out of a miserable

situation. It's the stress of unrelenting demands and pressures for seeminglyinterminable periods of time. With no hope, the individual gives up searchingfor solutions.

Examples:It's the stress of poverty, of dysfunctional families, of being trapped in an

unhappy marriage or in a despised job or career. Some chronic stresses stemfrom traumatic, early childhood experiences that become internalized andremain forever painful.

Health threat level is High:Chronic stress destroys bodies, minds and lives. It kills not only throughdeadly diseases such as heart attack, stroke, cancer etc. but also through life

critical behavior such as suicide, acts of violence, loss of control in adangerous situations.

Treatment is Very difficult:May require extended medical as well as behavioral treatment and stressmanagement. The worst aspect of chronic stress is that people get used to it.

They do not believe they can get rid of it.

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Stress is very old. The most primitive one cellanimals has reaction that can be qualified as stressreaction.

Do you know that…

the experiments on animals has shown that the

offspring of mice exposed to stress during thepregnancy has life-long tendency to obesity increasedby 25%. Until the age of 3 years the child blood level of

stress hormones significantly correlates with thestress level of the mother.

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