Letting Go of Stress Stressbreak Video Stressfitness Vol. I Stressfitness Vol. We all talk about it, but few of us understand what stress really is. As defined by Han Selye, the originator of the concept, stress is the nonspecific reaction of mind and body to something perceived as a challenge, demand, or threat.
Stress is one half of a natural adaptive and creative cycle.
When stress is balanced with relaxation, it is the source of our greatest successes. When it is not, balanced, it accumulates in the system and often leads to physical , mental and emotional symptoms and weakens our very spirit. Understand that what the involuntary parts of the mind and body perceive as a physiological crisis may not actually be a threat at all. Bring your perceptions and responses under your voluntary control through relaxation, imagery, and autosuggestion Source cassettes teach you how to guide mind and body to a profound state of peace and calm. Next, you train yourself to pause and relax after, or even during, those situations that used to make you tense, anxious, angry, or sick.