By Dr. Lokesh Hiralal Patankar M.D. Panchakarma (Ayu.)
The best time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” …………Sydney J Harris
Most of the people faced Anxiety. They experience unpleasant sensation regularly. commonly seen symptoms with Anxiety are headache, nausea,fast heart beat,muscle pain, backache, clenched jaw and restlessness.
These all symptoms are result of body response to maintain equilibrium. The “fight or flight” hormone adrenaline is secreted in our body. This epinephrine other name for adrenaline is released in to response of stressful situation, continuous thinking, exciting or dangerous situations.
With effect of adrenaline body react quickly as a result in fast heartbeat, fast blood circulation, increase blood flow to brain and heat, body start to generate more sugar to used as fuel.
So body is continuously working hard to protect us which give rise to the feelings which are uncomfortable to us. In opposite to this relaxation happen when body stop fighting as a result body and mind are both feel calm down.
If the process of fight and flight is going to faced daily and continues for longer periods of time, we get used to this situations. as results it becomes part of our life. Which is going harder to over come with time. And give rise to weakens both body and mind by strengthening its roots.
Relaxation and keeping calm exercise or methods are the process which slow down the adrenaline secretion as results the stress and anxiety become lower over time.
How to overcome this
Everyone breathes to survive. It’s our breath which changes according to our mood, habits etc.
We all are deferent , our likes dislikes are different. We all relax in different way. It may or may not posible the method which is good for one is the same may or may not effective to others. But one thing is same for all.
Our breathing speed varies all the time with our actions. It also changes with our thoughts.When we sleep, its speed slows down a bit. It increases slightly when you eat food,do exercise, do walking etc. Even though it’s different always accordingly to your disease conditions. If you sick your breathing pattern is change. Some of these changes are so smooth that we don’t even recognise.But there are also some that we come to know immediately.
We always find a easiest way to get relax. It mey be chill-out with friends, it may be spending quality time with some one special, it may be to stay alone with our self. Whatever it may be but the final results we want is just to make Happy ourself. Want smile on our face. Want to enjoy wana get cool, calm and free of any work worries etc.
But this is not always the case. We feel lonely even when we are together.
he best way to over come from such situation is…..…
Can you remember our grandparents ,Our elders have always been teaching us things of knowledge. He always inspired us sometimes from his stories, sometimes from his thoughts.
Have you ever been told in the past that whenever you are upset, take a deep breath.do you remember ?. Actually altering speed of our breath can slightly change our body response towords worry or anxiety or any other stressful situation of life.
Breathing exercises is proven techniques long years ago to over come from tough situation and calm the body and mind.
“Anapan ” the initial phase of Vipassana techniques is good to practice daily if you can’t go in to deep.
Vipassana is meditation techniques involving concentration on the body or its sensations, or the insight which this provides.Vipassana is based on two main tenets – concentration and self-observation. During Vipassana, a person sits down and focuses on her breathing, which is the most natural and continuous process.
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If you want to read more about Vipassana go with below link
https://m.thewire.in/article/diplomacy/buddhism-india-philosophy-vipassana-soft-power
How to perform breathing exercise
- Sit comfortably on chair or any place where your feel comfort.
- Fold your hands on your belly or you can placed your right hand on chest. Or you can make hand mudra like this 👌it’s called dhyan mudra and place it on your knee.
- Allow to breath as natural as you can.
- Breath slowly smoothly and calmly.
- Initially take deep, deep breaths to focus on breathing. Avoid lifting of shoulders.
- Feel the inhalation of air during breathing in.
- Breath out slowly. Try to slow down rate of exhale.
- Work continues with breathing pattern of inhale and exhale.
- Keep Focus on air of inhale and exhale.
- Just feel the magic of breathing. Now once you concentrate on breathing air.keep continues with its normal pattern. No need to breath pressurly.
- Just continue with your normal breathing pace.feel it.
- Avoid all the obstacles that come between your mind and your breath
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By Dr. Lokesh H Patankar, M.D. Ayurveda/ PhD Scholar, Author, Preventive Health Mentor
