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Let the muscles in your eyes relax… Let the muscles in your ears relax… Relax your nasal muscle… Relax your mouth muscles… Loosen your tongue… Feel your palate with your tongue and relax, letting your tongue drop to the base of your mouth… Keep your teeth unclenched… Feel your facial muscles… Relax your facial muscles… continue with your breathing in… and out… You are now much more relaxed… You are in control… I will mention all the other muscles and parts of your body… As you are in control… And in contact with your own powerful subconscious you will feel completely relaxed as we carry on… becoming aware and eager of reaching your goal… bringing in satisfaction of achieving the change you want to achieve… Release any tension in your neck… Feel any tension flowing away from your neck… You are going to relax your shoulders… The top of your back… Your upper abdomen, reaching to your lower abdomen… Feel how much more relaxed you…
Select two stress management strategies from the chapter that you would like to try and explain how they may be helpful to you in dealing with stress. (Hint page 356 in text)…
4. One way to manage stress is to reframe the way you think about things. Read the following statements and rewrite them so that they focus on the positive instead of the negative.…
In the article “The Culture of Shut Up,” author Jon Lovett ponders the current state of public dialogue in the age of the Internet. Lovett is a Los Angeles based writer and a former speech writer for President Barack Obama (13). The author suggests that the internet, which provides for exceptional access to diverse public speech, will inevitably include speech that is offensive. Lovett’s opinion is that people must resist the urge to punish such speech, if people want to allow a range of voices to be heard and makes his argument majorly effective by using humor and providing popular examples of where people have been told “to shut up”.…
The definition of a protest is a statement or an action that expresses disapproval or objection of something. Of the three that we went over in class; Socrates, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X, the one whose position is the most effective in protesting and showing that he does not approve of the current way of living, is Malcolm X. Malcolm X has a no nonsense attitude about what to do with an unjust law or situation. He uses the “any means necessary” approach to the situation where he believes that you not only can, but also must do anything and everything you can possibly do to get what you need as opposed to the other means of protesting from Socrates, persuasion, and Dr. King, non-violent direct action. The views from each of these…
Being a teen today in this generation brings an overload of stress. There’s social drama, school over load, family issues, personal problems, and way more. Dealing with my own stress, I tested a few stress management techniques, which really helped to detox some of the negative stress in my life. The first method I chose was imagery, the second was volleyball, and the third was music. They helped me realize I was too blessed to stress!…
Get into a comfortable position...either reclining or lying down...and turn your focus inward...to your breathing. Breathe in deeply....hold it 3 or 4 seconds ... and then exhale slowly. Let your breath be deep and slow. Relax...and continue to relax... deeper and deeper... as you breathe in more...fresh, pure oxygen. Pure, clear oxygen is the KEY to vibrant vitality... Breathe in very fully... and notice yourself relaxing... more and more ...with each breath. Now... I want you to add counting to your breathing like this. Breathe in ...3...4...5...6. Hold...2...3...Breathe out...3...4...5....6.... Breathe in...3...4...5...6... Hold 2...3...Breathe out...3...4...5...6.... Breathe in ...3...4...5...6.... Hold...2...3... Breathe out...3...4...5....6.... Breathe in...3...4...5...6... Hold 2...3...Breathe out... 3...4...5...6.... Continue this breathing rhythm with the 6-3-6 count for at least ten times while I continue to talk to you. As you continue to breathe deeply, you send life-giving oxygen to all the cells,.. muscles, ..bones, ..organs ...and systems of your body. Breathing deeply helps you relax better...Relaxing more fully helps you to focus and concentrate better. Better focus improves your memory. In fact, breathing deeply helps restore all the systems in your body... to their perfect condition. Oxygen is the fuel that helps your entire body run better. So drink in this life-sustaining oxygen...now...and relax... deeper and deeper.…
The legislative branch is one of three divisions of government that works in union with the executive and judicial branches. The main duty of this branch of government is to present, analyze and pass legislation. According to the constitution, Congress has legislative power, however, that power is shared with the Judicial and Executive branch (Patterson, 2013). Also, two of the responsibilities of the legislative branch are to legislate the laws of the state, as well as suitable currency for the management of public procedure. This legislative control is steadiness by the state constitutions by giving veto power to the chief of the executive, in other words, the President of the United…
Take allotted breaks to allow decompression. Step back and allow myself to take a deep breath and meditate.…
At one point in your life you’re going to come across being stressed and I’m warning you now, it’s not going to be pretty. Stress can be both Physical and Mental and if not treated properly can it can also be very dangerous to yourself and the people around us. Whether you’re feeling stressed due to physical appearance, work/school, the people around us, etc. There are safe ways to deal with your stress. If you’re feeling like you’re at your boiling point then stop what you’re doing and take a deep relaxed breathe, exercise your stress out, or simply just take a break.…
A conversation among three women focused on stress. A divorced, single senior named Barbara said that she has eliminated all stress from her life. Her younger, married sister, Donna, said that she cannot completely remove stress because of having children. A third person, about the same age as the second woman, named Tonya said a certain level of pressure is unavoidable because tension is a part of everyday life. So, it a good idea to develop stress management techniques, such as aromatherapy, relaxation, and a healthy lifestyle.…
I’ve learned in psychology that you can meditate to refresh yourself and keep things back on track. Meditation is also a safe and simple way to balance your physical, emotional, and mental state and more and more doctors are encouraging patients to practice meditation to cure many stress related illnesses. Everyday most of us experience stress in many different ways and I believe many people are simply not aware of how much stress we actually hold on to. One of the greatest positive effects of meditation is how it allows the body to distress. Normally life threatening situations trigger off the stress response which enables us to act without contemplation and deliberation and survive intense situations using fast…
Stress relief: I need to become aware when I am feeling stressed and overwhelmed and try to use breathing exercises to decrease stress levels. If levels increase too much I may need to step away from the situation and then return at a later time.…
In the honey and Mumford questionnaire you learn things about your leering and these are the things that you can learn: you can become smarter at getting a better fit between learning opportunities and the way you learn best. This makes your learning easier, more effective and more enjoyable. It saves you tackling your learning on a hit-and-miss basis. Equipped with information about your learning preferences, you'll have many more hits and fewer misses.Expand the 'band width' of experiences from which you derive benefit. Becoming an all-round learner, increases your versatility and helps you learn from a wide variety of different experiences - some formal, some informal, some planned and some spontaneous.Improve your learning skills and processes. Increased awareness of how you learn opens up the whole process to self-scrutiny and improvement. Learning to learn is you’re most important capability since it provides the gateway to everything else you want to develop.…
In the book, First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung, Ung explores the idea of composure to develop the theme that composure in tense situations will help all push through no matter the circumstances. This theme applies to anyone in any situation. When someone might have a stressful exam coming up or in extreme situations such as being taken hostage. Keeping calm and composed will help anyone get through any situation. If an individual does not stay calm they will for sure crack under pressure and will not perform to a high enough level to get through the…