“you cannot be anxious if you breathe slowly and regularly and do not tense your muscles. When you are anxious, the ‘natural’ response to the feeling of apprehension is to tense your muscles and breathe faster – this is a response of the sympathetic nervous system. But if this is the natural response of your body, how can you possibly change this pattern of response? Perhaps this is easier said than done, but in fact this approach is regularly taught in pre-birthing classes for expectant parents. It may not be the ‘natural’ response, but practice can change this. Breathe slowly and regularly, and when you feel tension in your muscles, you should unclench those muscles, and you will start to feel more relaxed. There are three interesting and important implications of this bit of advice. First, our ‘natural’ bodily responses are not fixed & immutable. The things we take for granted about the way our bodies work are not set in stone. Practice can change what seem like reflexive responses.
Second, the same is true for our mental processes and responses. But in addition, you can change your emotional state by changing an aspect of your physical state.”
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psychiatrist once told me that it is possible to reduce the symptoms of
anxiety without medication or long therapy. In short, you cannot be
anxious if you breathe slowly and regularly and do not tense your
muscles. When you are anxious, the "natural" response to the feeling of
apprehension is to tense your muscles and breathe faster--this is a
response of the sympathetic nervous system. But if this is the natural
response of your body, how can you possibly change this pattern of
response. Perhaps this is easier said than done, but in fact this
approach is regularly taught in pre-birthing classes for expectant
parents. It may not be the "natural" response, but practice can change
this. Breathe slowly and regularly, and when you feel tension in your
muscles, you should unclench those muscles, and you will feel start to
feel more relaxed. There are three interesting and important
implications of this bit of advice. First, our "natural" bodily
responses are not fixed and immutable. The things we take for granted
about the way our bodies work are not set in stone. Practice can change
what seem like reflexive responses.
- See more at:
http://wisdomresearch.org/forums/t/1209.aspx#sthash.bWOBmMxB.dpuf
A
psychiatrist once told me that it is possible to reduce the symptoms of
anxiety without medication or long therapy. In short, you cannot be
anxious if you breathe slowly and regularly and do not tense your
muscles. When you are anxious, the "natural" response to the feeling of
apprehension is to tense your muscles and breathe faster--this is a
response of the sympathetic nervous system. But if this is the natural
response of your body, how can you possibly change this pattern of
response. Perhaps this is easier said than done, but in fact this
approach is regularly taught in pre-birthing classes for expectant
parents. It may not be the "natural" response, but practice can change
this. Breathe slowly and regularly, and when you feel tension in your
muscles, you should unclench those muscles, and you will feel start to
feel more relaxed. There are three interesting and important
implications of this bit of advice. First, our "natural" bodily
responses are not fixed and immutable. The things we take for granted
about the way our bodies work are not set in stone. Practice can change
what seem like reflexive responses.
- See more at:
http://wisdomresearch.org/forums/t/1209.aspx#sthash.bWOBmMxB.dpuf
A
psychiatrist once told me that it is possible to reduce the symptoms of
anxiety without medication or long therapy. In short, you cannot be
anxious if you breathe slowly and regularly and do not tense your
muscles. When you are anxious, the "natural" response to the feeling of
apprehension is to tense your muscles and breathe faster--this is a
response of the sympathetic nervous system. But if this is the natural
response of your body, how can you possibly change this pattern of
response. Perhaps this is easier said than done, but in fact this
approach is regularly taught in pre-birthing classes for expectant
parents. It may not be the "natural" response, but practice can change
this. Breathe slowly and regularly, and when you feel tension in your
muscles, you should unclench those muscles, and you will feel start to
feel more relaxed. There are three interesting and important
implications of this bit of advice. First, our "natural" bodily
responses are not fixed and immutable. The things we take for granted
about the way our bodies work are not set in stone. Practice can change
what seem like reflexive responses.
- See more at:
http://wisdomresearch.org/forums/t/1209.aspx#sthash.bWOBmMxB.dpuf
A
psychiatrist once told me that it is possible to reduce the symptoms of
anxiety without medication or long therapy. In short, you cannot be
anxious if you breathe slowly and regularly and do not tense your
muscles. When you are anxious, the "natural" response to the feeling of
apprehension is to tense your muscles and breathe faster--this is a
response of the sympathetic nervous system. But if this is the natural
response of your body, how can you possibly change this pattern of
response. Perhaps this is easier said than done, but in fact this
approach is regularly taught in pre-birthing classes for expectant
parents. It may not be the "natural" response, but practice can change
this. Breathe slowly and regularly, and when you feel tension in your
muscles, you should unclench those muscles, and you will feel start to
feel more relaxed. There are three interesting and important
implications of this bit of advice. First, our "natural" bodily
responses are not fixed and immutable. The things we take for granted
about the way our bodies work are not set in stone. Practice can change
what seem like reflexive responses.
- See more at:
http://wisdomresearch.org/forums/t/1209.aspx#sthash.bWOBmMxB.dpuf
A
psychiatrist once told me that it is possible to reduce the symptoms of
anxiety without medication or long therapy. In short, you cannot be
anxious if you breathe slowly and regularly and do not tense your
muscles. When you are anxious, the "natural" response to the feeling of
apprehension is to tense your muscles and breathe faster--this is a
response of the sympathetic nervous system. But if this is the natural
response of your body, how can you possibly change this pattern of
response. Perhaps this is easier said than done, but in fact this
approach is regularly taught in pre-birthing classes for expectant
parents. It may not be the "natural" response, but practice can change
this. Breathe slowly and regularly, and when you feel tension in your
muscles, you should unclench those muscles, and you will feel start to
feel more relaxed. There are three interesting and important
implications of this bit of advice. First, our "natural" bodily
responses are not fixed and immutable. The things we take for granted
about the way our bodies work are not set in stone. Practice can change
what seem like reflexive responses.
- See more at:
http://wisdomresearch.org/forums/t/1209.aspx#sthash.bWOBmMxB.dpuf
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