When you feel the symptoms of perceived stress- such as palpitations, an irritable bowel, insomnia, headaches, or loss of appetite- do something positive. You could useholistic massageson a more frequent basis and also consider the following measures:

I didn’t until I started to understand that I was hurting myself more by maintaining a tight knot of resentment and anger towards the people who had wronged me. As I learned to love myself, and make loving myself more important than hating the other person, a profound shift happened within me.

I felt more loving not only towards myself, but also towards everyone and all situations in my life. This shift in perspective produced a state of relaxation, ease, and trust that all was right with my world.

A color energy meditation:

 

....close your eyes and imagine a red ball of energy spinning just at the end of your spine your coccyx and let that deep vibrant red energy gently expand at just that one spot, strengthening your sense of security and feeling of connection to your primary family... now imagine an orange energy spinning in a ball, round and round at your belly button area, spinning and softly expanding at just that one spot, healing relationship issues and inspiring your creativity.

Surrender...Not just bending my bones… As I walk into the warm yoga room at east west yoga in Newmarket I am glad to be here. Why you might ask? You are going to be tortured and be incredibly hot…yap! I look at it this way: Every morning again this is my chance to clear my mind, to clear my body from any blockages accumulated by thought processes, self talk, experiences, triggered memories, emotions…Being a Kinesiologist I know how certain emotions can weaken a muscle or a muscle group and meridians ultimately the immune system and organs.

I have been experimenting with applying meditation for chakra energy and self hypnosis into my Bikram yoga practice.

It has been very helpful in stabilizing my big toe which likes to lift off the ground and changes the whole dynamics of all poses.

As soon as we start class with the breathing exercise in Bikram Yoga I imagine a powerful red energy coming from the tip of my spine and is flowing down into my legs and feet through the soles of my feet into the ground. This red energy in my mind is turning into roots holding , surrounding, stabilizing my legs, my toes, my coccyx.