How Exercise & Stress Relief Are Related

If you're looking for some lasting stress relief, there is probably nothing better for you than exercise and physical activity.  This might come as bad news to some who immediately realize that you only get exercise and physical activity through effort and work on your part; you can't simply sit on the couch and "wish" stress relief upon yourself.  Rarely does this happen.

But how is exercise and stress relief related?  Why is it that physical activity, one of the last things anyone wants when they're stressed, is so healthy and healing when it comes to tension?  Let's look at that subject a bit closer here.

Exercise is a great means of stress relief because it helps to loosen tense and cramped muscles.  When you're under stress the muscles have a tendency to stiffen up, as if ready for action.  This is a very primal response to tension that you may not even be aware of.  However, when muscles are stiff and tense, blood cannot flow freely in those areas and blood is very necessary for the health and healing of muscles.  So it's a vicious circle - tension creates stiff muscles which in turn means they are often in pain, which creates more tension.  Some easy stretching and light exercise can provide stress relief by increasing blood circulation so that those muscles can loosen up and be healthy.  This means the body will be in less pain and will feel looser and healthier.

Physical activity also increases blood circulation to all areas of the body as well.  This can provide a measure of stress relief because blood is a healing agent; it carries nutrients as well as oxygen to all the body's cells.  This means the cells of the brain as well!  When you increase your blood circulation it's like you're actually feeding and healing your brain more often.  This means that you're better equipped to handle the stress that life throws at you.  You can achieve stress relief because you're thinking clearly and are able to address and solve problems you have rather than allowing them to multiply and overwhelm you.

Exercise also releases endorphins, those "feel good" chemicals and hormones that give you stress relief by making you feel calm and relaxed.  You might not realize this because of course exercising energizes you just as you're engaging in it, but once those endorphins are released you feel more at ease and can sleep better as well, which in turn can lead to stress relief the next day.  If you're still not too happy about needing to exercise to get relief from tension and stress, remember that this doesn't necessarily mean in a gym.  You can get plenty of physical activity just by playing with your kids, taking up a sport, or getting a dog that will need walking.  The key is to be active on a regular basis, even if it's twenty or thirty minutes every day, in order to get lasting stress relief.

Twelve Steps To Acquire Mind-power

The 12 steps to acquire mind-power is intended to build positive visuals, acquire mind power and help you achieve your dreams and desires that may be as varied as improving your personality, increasing your wealth, attracting love and making yourself attractive.

Follow these steps I have specifically found to help anyone who is new to Power of Creative Visualization.

Step One: Choose a quiet place, which is free from all distraction, interruption or disturbance. This may even be inside a bus or in your own room. The idea is to be able to concentrate in any environment that you find is suitable. The idea is to be able to concentrate in any environment that you find is suitable. The ideal time, however, I have found to be is, early in the morning or before going to bed. The ideal place however, may be anywhere as long as you can concentrate.

Step Two: Feel comfortable. Wear loose clothes or else loosen your belt and tie.

Step Three: Be comfortable. Keep your spine straight. Loosen your hands. Relax! This eases your body tension and helps your blood circulate efficiently.

Step Four: Close your eyes. That way your physical world does not interrupt you and you can concentrate on your mental world. But avoid quenching your eyes. Close them gently. In fact, once you focus on your images, you may find your eyes closing naturally.

Step Five: Breathe normally. Let your body roll with the rhythm of your breathing. Listen to that rhythm.

Step Six: Now begin the process of visualization. Create the key images of the subject you have chosen. Form the shape. Add color. Build the sound. Sense them! Focus on them. See them as sharply and clearly as you can with your mind’s eye.

Step Seven: Put yourself in the images you have created. You must be inside the picture so as to let your subconscious mind know that the image you see that leads to your goal is actually meant for you, and not for anyone else.

Step Eight: Feel the image you have created. Now that you are inside the picture imagine yourself to be leading the time you see. Feel the environment. Watch how different it feels to lead a life that you had desired. Bring your images alive.

Step Nine: Experience the images with all your emotions. See! Hear! Smell! Feel how it feels to have achieved your goals. Let the excitement and happiness of success flow through you. Let the thrill of success build in you. Feel your success.

Step Ten: Once you have experienced your images with emotion, let your mind go blank. If you hold on to your images for too long, the images might disappear due to overexposure. So, let go of it.

Step Eleven: Create a space in your mind to receive what you desire. Say to yourself that what you desire - like, “I deserve to be healthy”, “I deserve to be rich and famous.” By doing this, you not only let your subconscious mind support the picture, you literally achieve your success.

Step Twelve: Feel creative while creating the images. I have given you the basic guidelines in the following pages to create visuals that will help you achieve your goals. You may change them accordingly to suit your needs. The more the images meet your specific needs, the more effective they will be.

These then are the twelve important steps to mind-power. Remember, it is better to visualize 2-3 times a day for a shorter duration than to visualize for a long stretch during the day. By doing this, the quality of visuals remain fresh instead of becoming stale and plaid and draining all energy out of you.

Steps one to ten might take you anything between 5-10 minutes. It is better if you do not prolong it. Instead, repeat it at another time of the day.

When you release the image after this brief exercise, your mind will become free of the mind-power you had activated. But your subconscious mind keeps on supporting the image you had seen. This helps your goal and your dreams to be a reality.

The twelve steps to Mind power that I have explained above is the most powerful tool in this world. When you switch on your mind power and extend it to creative visualization for turning your dreams into reality - then that is exactly what will happen. Your dreams will become reality.

Remember, with your mind you can rule the world.

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