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Public release date: 15 December 2007
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Natural suggestions to eliminate stress from your life
by: Steve G. Jones, M.Ed.
Key concepts: hypnotherapy, meditation and natural health.
The holidays have arrived and while this is a joyful and exciting time, this
can also be a stressful time for some. Let's take a look at ways we can
relax year-round. It has been demonstrated in numerous studies that reducing
stress will prolong your life and improve the quality of your everyday
living experience.
Too often, I see clients in my office who are "stressed out." This manifests
in a number of ways: Relationship difficulties, smoking, overeating, alcohol
and drug use, etc.
All of these (when caused by stress) can be easily eliminated from our
lives.
I always like to look at non-hypnotic solutions first. That is what I will
focus on in this article; things you can do on your own. Certainly they are
semi - hypnotic, but they do not require the skill of a trained
professional. All they require is a few minutes of your day and a small
amount of effort. Most of the stress-related problems we face can be
eliminated by making a few simple adjustments in our lives and forming some
good mental-maintenance habits.
Here are some of the steps you can take to reduce your stress:
Eliminate from your life every person and activity that drains you. Easier
said than done? Try it. Simply stop participating in activities that take
more than they give. Things that waste your time, resources, emotions, etc.
I give you permission to stop them as of this moment. If you are in a
debilitating relationship of any kind, end it today. Cut the tie. Move on.
Feel free to blame it on me.
Take time to meditate. Set aside a half hour each day for yourself.
Meditation doesn't have to mean that you sit in a lotus position in a robe
looking at a candle. You can meditate in the morning while lying in bed
staring at the ceiling, at night by going for a walk, in the shower, while
cleaning, while washing your car, while painting, while writing, while
swimming, while relaxing in a hot tub (my personal favorite), while waiting
in a doctor's office, etc. There are so many opportunities for us to take a
mental break, focus on ourselves, and gain clarity of thought. During the
meditation, do the following:
1) Allow all of those chatty voices to talk. You know the ones... all of
those conversations that play over and over in your head. The conversations
you dwell on such as 'Why did so-and-so say that? Why did I say that? Why
did he do that? What does that mean? When will this or that happen?'
2) Once they have quieted down, enjoy the nothingness, the silence, the
occasional random thought among the placid lake you are beginning to
imagine. This, just like step 1, requires almost no effort on your part;
allow it to happen naturally.
3) This is the best part - focus your attention on a result. It could be the
way you want your day to turn out, the job you want to create, the
relationship you want to create or heighten, the house you want to buy, etc.
It can be a short term or long term goal. Rather than thinking about all the
reasons you can't get there, just focus on being there... in that job,
relationship, house, etc. This is very powerful. The subconscious mind does
not have the ability to distinguish between reality and fantasy. If you
imagine something often enough, your subconscious mind will see it as
reality and find ways to create it in your life. If you focus on that house
often, you will be amazed at how many little ways you find to make it happen
in reality. Maybe you meet that real estate agent and start a conversation
about your dream house; "coincidentally" they have that very house available
to show you this afternoon. Perhaps, as happened to a friend of mine, you
run into that book agent, mention your dream book, and he makes the
appropriate calls to get you the book deal you envisioned. The trick is to
convince yourself that it has already happened, then your mind becomes
programmed to make it reality.
Believe in infinite possibility and you will be rewarded. Always focus on
the result, not the process or obstacles, the RESULT. Basketball players
focus on the basket and imagine the ball going through it. They don't focus
on all the people running around trying to stop them. Bowlers focus on the
"pocket," that spot between the front pin and one of the pins next to it.
They don't focus on the ball. When working with members of the Dodgers
baseball team, I have them focus on the homerun or the perfect pitch. Top
sales people focus on the next "yes", not the 99 "no's" between now and
then. When I work with an overweight client, I have them focus on being
slender. Create a clear vision of the result and hold it steady in your
mind. There is unlimited power in focus.
I hope you will use these suggestions to improve your life. I use them and
they work quite well. When we allow those voices to settle down, focus on
nothing, then slowly focus our thoughts on the future we want, stress has no
place in our lives. We drain the power from the dragon, we put it to rest,
then we appropriately focus that power where we want it - we focus it on the
powerful future we are creating for ourselves, our loved ones, and our
friends. When we gain control of our lives, we inspire others to do the
same. Live as an example of human potential. Live in infinite possibility.
About the author
Steve G. Jones is a board certified Clinical Hypnotherapist. He is a member
of the National Guild of Hypnotists, American Board of Hypnotherapy,
president of the American Alliance of Hypnotists, on the board of directors
of the Los Angeles chapter of the American Lung Association, and director of
the California state registered Steve G. Jones School of Hypnotherapy. In
order to keep up with the very latest in research, he regularly attends
training conferences. Learn more by visiting:
http://www.betterlivingwithhypnosis.com/
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