6 Principals of Stress Management

6 principles to effective stress management.

• Are your experiencing very apparent hair loss especially when it doesn't run in your family as a hereditary?
• Are you experiencing a lower back pain in spite of having an active lifestyle?
• Are you accumulating abdominal fat or not able to get rid of it even after performing focused workout for abs?
• Are you extremely susceptible to anger, i. E do you erupt or explode in anger often on matters which can be addressed contextually?
• Are you falling sick very often? or do you get heart burn or chest pain frequently?
• Are your sleeps not deep and or are they disturbed or intermittent?
• Is your sexual life losing charm inspite of young energetic age?

If you are experiencing any of these or a combination of these, it is time you step back, look into the way you are managing life and the stress related to various aspects in life before stress could inflict worst health disorders in you. 

Stress is linked to the six leading causes of death: heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, lung ailments, accidents, liver cirrhosis, and suicide.

Here is a wellness method you can adopt to remain stress free or manage stress effectively.

Principle one: 
Observe if you have any of the above or combination of the above effects of stress, many people don't even realize this, they just visit a doctor or take medicines blindly without paying any heed to their body and mind to understand what is going wrong. These effects can be used as indicators for being in the state of stress

Principle two: 
Organize and plan your day, being organized will help you stay prioritized through out the day and give you the ability to handle additions and randoms more effectively. Mind will have less stress to handle as being organized allows you to be naturally more accommodating to work additions and randoms. Upon handling the day better, there is release of feelgood hormones in the body leaving you with sense of satisfaction and happiness instead of leaving you stressed.

Principle three: 
Do not talk or take decisions when you are angry. Be always aware of your anger, the moment you feel you are about to get angry, break your conversation politely and resume after half hour, you will see that this will allow you to communicate what you wanted to more effectively and with better clarity. Every time you get angry, you are affecting the heart rhythm and rate blood flow.

Principle four:
Meditate daily for 20 to 30 minutes. Meditation helps you isolate everything away from mind, it releases endorphins and dopamine, which will balances the stress hormone cortisol. Meditation will help you stay detached from disturbances surrounding an issues and at the same time enhance your ability to address it without getting stressed. 

Principle five:
Ensure you get your quota of sleep. It is of paramount importance you get good sleep. Please don't think of sleep as a passive activity. Sleep is an extremely active activity wherein the mind relaxes, the body processes many recovery/repair/restore activities and equilibrium mechanisms. 

Principle 6:
Do not worry about the future. 
Do not think about the past.
You must only bother about how you are going to make the current second or the present moment effective and meaningful because your future is decided by what you choose to do now in this very moment.

In my next posting on stress and wellness, I will talk about rajas, thamas, sattva, the science behind it why they are important for progressive healthy life.