Art of Stress-free Living
Subtitle: Eastern and Western Approach
Publisher: PublishAmerica
Published: April 10, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9781413795066
Subjects: Self-Help & Practical Interests; General; Self-Help / General; Self-Help; Relaxation; Stress management
Description: A practical guide that combines various stress treatment approaches that has been recognized for centuries by faith healers and meditators, and are now accepted by modern medical practitioners.  The first book to combine Ancient Eastern Wisdom and modern Western Scientific knowledge.

	Art of Stress-free Living can save you from going to expensive seminars and other programs offered in physicians' offices, spas, schools or retirement centers. You don’t need to go to an ashram in India or University “wellness” centers; because this book provides various relaxation techniques that you will be able to follow yourself. 
 
	What is called “Sudarshan Kriya” by new age gurus is a cycle of breaths—long, medium and short. Not only breathing patterns influence our emotions, the breath is in the present and is used to "rope in the wandering mind" that oscillates wildly between the past and the future. Like Zen masters who teach that the present moment is a chink opening into eternity, this guide describes in detail “THE POWER OF NOW- ZEN BUDDHISM APPROACH.”

	This guide also takes into account the positive (pre-distress) aspects of stress.
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Introduction; title: 1. MIND-BODY CONNECTION; title: 2. STRESS MANAGEMENT APPROACHES; title: 3. MENTAL RELAXATION APPROACHES TO STRESS; title: 4. HOW BREATHING AFFECTS STRESS; title: 5. THE VALUE OF SPIRITUAL LIVING; title: 6. THE POWER OF NOW- ZEN BUDDHISM APPROACH; title: Stress coping Skills- Self-Evaluation test; title: Glossary; title: References; title: Notes