{"id":17686,"date":"2013-01-29T08:23:28","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T08:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/?p=723"},"modified":"2022-11-09T19:51:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T17:51:49","slug":"how-to-manage-the-stress-relaxation-and-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shawellness.com\/shamagazine\/en\/how-to-manage-the-stress-relaxation-and-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"How to manage the stress: relaxation and meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nowadays, it is really difficult to find someone without stress. However, as explained by our psychologist Noelia Aguirre, stress does not have to be bad: \u201cIf we understand the stress as our alarm at the dangers, we will accept that it is wise to experience some level of stress: if not, we would feel unprotected<\/em>. \u201c<\/p>\n

\u201cStress is the mechanism through which our nervous system regulates the amount of energy that we need to invest to meet any situation, the level of attention that the situation merits according to its importance, its particular significance for us, if its new or not,, the resources we have to face it, etc.. If a situation is dangerous, important or new to us, then it requires more attention, more energy, and we mobilize our capacities to face with success<\/em>,\u201d says Noelia Aguirre.<\/p>\n

Our psychologist is clear: \u201cexperience some level of stress is a condition often associated with efficiency: not necessarily bad, but can feel unpleasant. It becomes pathological or abnormal when rational proportion to the significance of the situation, when we exaggerate the importance of the situation, when we interpret it catastrophically and exagerate its danger. \u201c<\/p>\n

In fact, these catastrophic interpretations are the source of many of our daily concerns: \u201cIn my life I have gone through terrible things, some of which succeeded each other<\/em>,\u201d said the great Mark Twain. Many times we realize that what we were so worried about in the past has been diluted over time, without generating any dramatic consequence\u2026<\/p>\n

The more or less unpleasant way we experience the stress also depends on us: An adequate level of stress can be experienced as excitement, as creativity, as a challenge we face with pleasure and self-confidence, as a reasonable concern \u201cprotective\u201d. An excessive level overwhelms us and paralyzes us, we feel overwhelmed and powerless.<\/p>\n

Thus, our efforts should not be focused to eliminate stress but to learn how to manage the stress properly. Adopting a realistic, pragmatic, rational and constructive actitude seems most necessary and, for it, one of our strongest recommendations is to practise meditation exercises regularly to help us learn to breathe better, manage our stress and control our emotions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Remedies<\/p>\n

Although we may have the idea that meditation is escape, Nieves Gonz\u00e1lez, our Yoga and meditation teacher at SHA, explains that \u201cmeditation is to become aware of how you conduct your daily routine, paying absolute attention to body and mind. It doesn\u2019t have to do with time but with to be present<\/em>\u201c.
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