What is Stress?

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What is Stress?

• Stress is a state of Mind
• Stress is a mind-body reaction/response to a
  situation
• To flight from/fight the situation

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Why Stress Happens?

• When a situation/condition is not Acceptable to
  us
• When we want to do/get something but are unable
• When ego is hurt (feedback, comments, criticism)
  
• When we loose something which we feel as
  important
• Stress is mostly due to
• Fear (of Future)
• Worry (about Past)
• And not so much due to Present Moment
• It is always due to the perception of Mind
• Different people feel different stress levels
  for the same situations

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What Happens when Stressed?

• Psychology of Stress Emotional impact
• Anxiety
• Fear
• Depression
• Anger
• Sadness
• Physiology of Stress
• Acidity
• Ulcers
• Heart ailments
• Blood Pressure
• Kidney problems
• Diabetes

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Chain Reaction of Stress The Negative Spiral
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Some Impacts of Sustained and Unmanaged Stress

• Brain
• Continues to operate in higher Beta state (15 to
  26 cycles per second of electrical impulses
  (EEG))
• Continues to trigger the rest of the body
  mechanism and create stress
• Blood Pressure remains high
• High blood pressures can lead to Heart failure,
  paralysis (due to breakdown of blood vessels in
  brain)
• Acidity, Ulcer and other digestive problems
• Diabetes
• Kidney problems due to overload on removing
  toxins from the body
• Reduces immunity and makes body susceptible to
  diseases
• .

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Some More Impacts

• Human body mind are a highly complex and
  integrated system
• Each system impacts the other either positively
  or negatively
• Stress and Mind induced effects on the body are
  far more harmful than the external pollution
• Internal Toxins are far more harmful than
  external chemical/industrial pollution
• ISO 14000 needs significant change in the
  globalized knowledge era!

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Why Allopathic Medicines and Stimulants are not
good for managing Stress

• Allopathic medicines directly add chemical to the
  body and interfere with the internal chemical
  factories
• E.g. Taking Antacids for Acidity neutralizes the
  acid in the stomach. Then body thinks that the
  acid is not sufficient and starts producing more.
• E.g. Anti-depressants suppress the ability of
  brain cells to generate electric impulses
• People taking such drugs for prolonged time
  become dull
• Stimulants like Tobacco, Coffee, Tea, Coco etc.
  temporarily trigger higher activities
• Subsequently body craves for more more
  stimulants

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Then how to manage stress?

• Turn it into a Positive Spiral
• Break the negative cycle at each point
• Some amount of Stress is healthy it triggers
  and energizes the system

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Managing Stress

• Root Cause Manage Mind
• Positive Thinking and Attitude
• Larger view of life
• Meditation
• Build capability to face stressful situations and
  reduce the impact of stress at physiological
  level
• Yoga
• Pranayama
• Healthy lifestyle and food habits
• Have multiple positive energy sources
• Hobbies, interests

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What does Yoga, Pranayama, Meditation do at
Physiological level?...

• Yogasanas
• Exercise different parts of the body
• Combine with breathing
• Postures Stretch hold, Compress hold
• Creates flexibility and hollowness, lightness
• Helps in flow of water, food, oxygen, electrical
  signals and flow of energy in the body
• Isometric exercises
• As against Isotonic exercises of aerobics, gym
  exercises which help to build muscles which
  reduce the flexibility become blockers over a
  period

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What does Yoga, Pranayama, Meditation do at
Physiological level?...

• Pranayama
• E.g. Ujjai breath Increases absorption of oxygen
  into the hemoglobin by creating inhale pressure
  in lungs for osmosis
• E.g. Bastrika pranayama Increases the removal of
  carbon dioxide from the blood plasma by creating
  exhale pressure in lungs for osmosis
• Increases oxidation and liberation of energy in
  every cell of the body
• Air filter analogy in automobiles
• Stimulates nerve tips in lungs which have
  connection to the brain area where Pituitary
  Gland is situated
• Pituitary Gland is the master gland in the
  endocrine system and has a strong influence on
  rest of the endocrine glands

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What does Yoga, Pranayama, Meditation do at
Physiological level?

• Meditation
• Takes the brain to Alpha state electrical
  impulses of 8 to 14 cycles per second
• At deep meditation level (Samadhi state) brain
  goes to Theta state electrical impulses of 4 to
  7 cycles per second
• Leads to deep relaxation
• Sudarshana Kriya of Art of Living
• Takes the brain to higher beta state
• Then takes the brain to deep relaxation
• Thus exercises and expands the brain/mind
  capacity
• Mind rules the body
• Mind ? Nervous system ? Endocrine system ? rest
  of the body function

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Importance of Endocrine System
Master gland Controls all other glands
Body rhythm
Metabolism
Immune system
Adrenalin heart rate, blood pressure
Insulin blood sugar, energy

• Enzymes produced by Endocrine glands influence
  every cell, organ and function of the body
• They regulate mood, growth, metabolism, tissue
  function, sexual reproductive processes

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Chain Reaction of Managing Stress The Positive
Spiral
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Clinical Research Results
Increased alertness and deeper relaxation of mind
Reduced tension and stress

• Ref Art Of Living Research with AIIMS, NIMHANS

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Clinical Research Results

• Improved immunity
• Increase in good cholesterol and decrease in bad
  cholesterol
• Decreased depression

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Beyond Physiology The Energy System
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Human Body as the Energy System

• Modern Science Medicine consider human body as
  merely electro-chemical, electro-mechanical and
  physical phenomena
• Ancient Indian Eastern Spiritual Sciences
  consider it as an Energy System
• Universal Cosmic Energy (everything is common at
  atomic level)
• Yoga union of body, mind and spirit
• Raja Yoga Chakras
• Reiki (which means life force in Japanese
  Started by Dr. Mikao Usui a doctor and Buddhist
  monk during 1860s)
• Thai Chi, Acupressure, Acupuncture (originated
  in China)
• Homeopathy (Started by Dr. Hahnemann a doctor in
  Germany during 1800s)

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Chakras Energy Centers

• Chakras are situated near the key endocrine
  glands and nerve groups (plexus)
• Wireless connection to brain Connection to
  Cosmic universal energy

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Chakras and Naadis Wireless Connection to Brain

• World seen through the 5 sensors (wired
  connection) is narrow band gross, inert, matter
  world
• World seen through Chakras Nadis (wireless
  connection) is broad band subtle, dynamic,
  energy world

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Science of Homeopathy Medicine of Energy System

• Basic principle what causes disease cures the
  disease also when given in the potenticized form
• Homeopathic medicine preparation
• Potencization through the process of tritration
• Transfer of atomic vibrations to the base
  substance. Not even a single molecule of
  medicinal material will be present according to
  Avogadro number
• Curing principle
• Right medicine creates energy vibrations in the
  human system (resonance principle)
• This increase the energy level to improve the
  health conditions
• Typically causes initial aggravation and
  subsequently cures with oscillations
• Cures inside-out Mind ? Emotional level ?
  Physical level
• Mind Emotional symptoms are the key for
  diagnosis

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So, to be Successful.
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What is Success?

• The definition I liked most
• The measure of Success is the number of joyful
  smiles per day every day Shri Shri Ravishankar
• Life is full of choices The choices one makes
  determine ones life they are like cross-roads
• IQ lt EQ lt AQ lt SQ determine what choices one
  makes
• Manage Mind
• Healthy mind FOR a healthy body
• It is mind, and not body, that differentiates the
  leader from the rest
• Positive Energy is most fundamental to any Leader

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The Vicious Cycle

• People spend half of their life in making money
  and loose health in that process.
• In the remaining half they spend that money
  trying to regain the health

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Make it a Virtuous Cycle

• Pursue health (mindbody) and knowledge
  (universal knowledge) then money fame will
  follow as a byproduct

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Dont believe me
But do not wait for proof

• Explore

Experiment
Experience
Modern Science (Matter Science) Proof first,
then belief/trust Spiritual Science (Energy
Science) Believe/trust first, then proof comes
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Conclusion The Simple Prescription

• Practice Yoga Pranayama (and Meditation)
  everyday
• Life will change at the most fundamental level
• Art Of Living workshop is one of the best
• Combines Raja Yoga, Karma Yoga (Service Jesus),
  Bhakti Yoga (Devotion Narada, Chaitanya), Jnana
  Yoga
• Practical for family social life, professional
  life and spiritual life
• Use Homeopathy for chronic or hereditary health
  problems to strengthen the positive spiral
• Become better individuals and better leaders

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Some references

• On Homeopathy and Physiology
• The Science of Homeopathy by Dr. John Vikolthas
• Homeopathy Materia Medica by Dr. Boericke
• Dr Padmanabhan padrdha_at_satyam.net.in
• Human Anatomy Physiology by Dr. David Le Vay
• On Reiki
• Healing through Reiki by MK Gupta
• On Modern Science
• Scientific American Mind
• Modern Physics by Arthur Beiser

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Some more references

• On Ancient Indian Wisdom
• Art Of Living www.artofliving.org
• www.lifepositive.com
• Vedantha literature from Ramakrishna Mission
• Celebrating Silence by Shri Shri Ravishankar
• Efficacy of Raja Yoga Shri Ramachandra Mission
• Raja Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga
  Swami Vivekananda
• Patanjali Yoga Sutra
• At Behavioral level
• Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carneige
• Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
• Power of Postive Thinking and so on

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COURTSEY BY MIND TREE CONSULTING
Imagination
Action
Joy
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