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Personal care for stress reduction also means taking care of your body.
- •Exercise
- The body needs movement as well as stillness. Daily walks or runs help keep the body healthy. This also helps keep the mind healthy and is very good for reducing stress.
- •Breathing
- Deep full-lung breathing helps the body regenerate. Doing this at the beginning of stillness (sitting still) sends messages from the mind to the body to relax.
- •Stillness
- Sitting still for 2-3 minutes at a time helps the mind relax. This teaches the mind and the body to differentiate between distress and eustress. Stillness in conjunction with deep breathing, reading, or soft sounds of nature or music is an excellent de-stressing exercise that will bring complete relaxation both mentally and physically. For a sample of stress reduction meditation enhancing poetry click here.
- •Sleep
- The body needs sleep to regenerate. Sleeping also keeps both the body and the mind healthy, alert, and strong. This is also needed for fortifying (building the body's immune system and strengthening the connection between the body and the mind) both the body and the mind against stressors.
- •Nutrition
- In addition to sunlight, the body also needs food. Nutrients received from food and sunlight are absorbed by the body for strength and energy. Nutrients build a healthy immune system for both the body and the mind. These are also needed for fortifying both the body and the mind against stressors.
Stress breaks down the immune system and prevents the digestive system from performing properly. As the body ages it loses its natural ability to protect and heal itself. By eating healthy, the body receives some of the resources needed to manage a healthy immune system as well as a healthy digestive system. Food taken into the body must break down into an isotonic state before the body can absorbe the nutrients. Prolonged stress can cause irreparable damage to the body's digestive system which will prevent it from prossessing food effectively. Nutritional suppliments may be needed to assist the body in maintaining a healthy immune system.
For more information about nutritional suppliments and other nutritional products, click here. NOTE: You will enter a site featuring OPC-3, a super anti-oxidant. Click on "Products" at the top of the page to view all isotonic products in the IsotonixTM line.
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