daily tension in life

If a modern mind is always in mental tension and their nerves are taut and highly strung off, it is very difficult to expect good performance and balanced mental state where appropriate decision have to be taken. Agitation, restlessness and evil thoughts are the results of continued tension in daily life. STRESS may be defined as: An attired state of body and mind as a result of Imbalance created by environmental demands and the Individual Capacity to meet these demands.

DISORDER OF BODY

Human beings are having innate mechanism and it is which prepares everyone fight or flight to cope up with such situation. When stressful situation occurs regularly the stress mechanism to fight such stress is activated repeatedly. If the physical condition persist for long or frequently occurs serious disorder starts appearing. For example if blood pressure remains high and blood pressure restricted for long it will result in hear attach or strokes. The causes of digestive disorders may appear due to blood stoppage to stomach. If the breathe is prolonged at high rate it may result in Asthma. Sustained muscle tension will lead to pains in head, neck and shoulders. These are few examples. Besides this chronic tension often bring in feelings of Panic. The stressful condition and constant state of anxiety prevents human being from coping up with the relentless demands of ordered life. Now it has become evident by a number of experiments that tension leads to a great many illnesses. We have to face these problems and keep tension under a manageable level to keep us physically and mentally fit.Human beings are having innate mechanism and it is which prepares everyone fight or flight to cope up with such situation. When stressful situation occurs regularly the stress mechanism to fight such stress is activated repeatedly. If the physical condition persist for long or frequently occurs serious disorder starts appearing. For example if blood pressure remains high and blood pressure restricted for long it will result in hear attach or strokes. The causes of digestive disorders may appear due to blood stoppage to stomach. If the breathe is prolonged at high rate it may result in Asthma. Sustained muscle tension will lead to pains in head, neck and shoulders. These are few examples. Besides this chronic tension often bring in feelings of Panic. The stressful condition and constant state of anxiety prevents human being from coping up with the relentless demands of ordered life. Now it has become evident by a number of experiments that tension leads to a great many illnesses. We have to face these problems and keep tension under a manageable level to keep us physically and mentally fit.

CAUSES OF TENSION

Some kind of tension is essential for achievement of goal and to keep drive on. But tension should no increase above a desired level, as increased tension causes trouble and it may give rise to permanentdisorder. There are may situations in life where increase of tension is based on the sudden change of situation such as death of a spouse, divorce, injury, illness, marriage dismissal from service, retirement, change in work, change in working conditions, change in eating or sleeping habits, change in working environment and so on. The list is not complete. All the above situation will increase the tension as they are natural phenomenon which is against liking of a human being. Life is not so simple and we need to meet several changes in the life and we must adjust ourselves with the changed situations. The reaction level has to be kept minimum and remedial measures have to be taken so that the causes are removed. Sources of Tension any be clarified as:

PRESSURE
CONFLICTS
FRUSTRATIONS

TENSION

Tension has got direct bearing on the physiological conditions. The affects blood supply to the Digestive systems and immediately increases respiration. The physiological conditions can be summarized as follows.

1 )Blood supply to the digestive systems is Curtailed; digestion slows down or is halted.
2 )The salivary glands dry up.
3 )Respiration rate increases; breathing becomes faster or gasping.
4 )The liver releases some of the store of blood sugar and is carried to the muscles of the arms and legs.
5 )The heart beats faster to pump more blood where it is most needed and blood pressure rises.

RESULT OF CHANGED PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS

The change in physiological conditions give rise to complex changes in the human body. These are:

1)All complex changes occur to generate extra qualities of electro mechanical & hormonal energy which enables us to act quickly.
2)The energy goes to muscles and gets wormed up in the muscles as tension.

TYPES OF TENSION

(i)Physical Tension
(ii) Mental Tension, and
(iii) Emotional Tension

(i)Physical Tension: Physical Tension is caused due to wrong sifting habit, wrong walking habit, wrong sleeping habit and wrong postures during day to day activities.

(ii) Mental Tension: Now-a-days each one suffer due to over activity of his mental involvement. In this competitive age, you try to do short cut and one try to move very fast. The value of the society has also changed. Now wealth is considered as the parameter far judging social status. Mental faculty is over stretched and it results in mental fatigue. Over thinking has become a usual phenomenon. This results in mental disorder and many people suffer from this. Constant use of mental faculty has become a way of life. We constantly indulge either in memories of the past or are busy with the planning of the future. To be precise, we live more in the past or in the future and very little in the present. We are very much involved in the work plan of unnecessary memories and thus there is little time for living in the present.

(iii) Emotional Tension: Emotional tension has become also a daily affair in family as well as in office life. Intense craving to possess has desired results in abnormal emotional tension if there is a hindrance for the same. Likes and dislikes if are encountered results in emotional Tension Everyone wants that others should pay attention to him without bothering whether he is paying attention to others or not. India which is a multi regional, multi lingual and multi national society this problem is very much due to diverse situation. We are prone to hurt each other emotionally without any cause or reason. Now-a-days nonviolence and tolerance has become a far cry and are used only for speeches significantly without following in spirit.

MANAGEMENT OF TENSIONS

Physical Tension : Management of sitting and standing postures have to be correct. Apart from this one has to inculcate doily habit of yogic exercises or any form of exercise or walking a substitute. If regular exercises are performed maximum tension can be managed to a certain extent extent.

Mental and Emotional Tension: Management of these two types of tension are very essential as they are of the highest order. Mental and emotional tension leads to physical tension also and hence these need to be taken care of meditation is be best remedy for these two types of tensions.

Physical changes during medication are as follows.

1)The Number Of Breaths Per Minute Reduce
2)The metabolic Rate Falls Basal Metabolic Rate
3)Cardiac Output Reduces
4)Blood Lactate Elimination process Becomes More Rapid
5)ECG Shows A Relaxed State Of Mental Functioning

Meditation produces effect in a gradual manner. If the meditation practices are performed regularly will start showing results. The effects of meditation are given below:

1)General Improvement In Health
2)Decrease In Insomnia
3)Relief From Asthma
4)decreased Use Of Drugs
5)Faster Reaction Time
6)Sharper Perception
7)Improved Mind-Body Coordination

MEDITATION TECHNIQUE FOR STRESS MANAGEMENT

This meditation techniques may be done while lying flat on the back or on stomach or by sitting in: comfortable posture or standing in a relaxed position. The steps to be followed are given below:
1)If you are lying on your back, this will be the natural state of following the technique.

2)Close your eyes and keep your body relaxed.

3)On flat posture, start from the toe of the right leg.

4)Visualize the toe of the right leg and the suggest that the toe of the right leg is getting relaxed. Repeat 3 to 4 times.

5)Visualize the next finger and suggest that the finger is getting relaxed. Same way visualize a the fingers and suggest that the fingers are getting relaxed.

6)Visualize each part of the right leg from sole up to the waist and suggest that they are getting relaxed. (Each part should be visualized and then suggested.

7)Start from the left toe and visualize that the toe of the left leg is getting relaxed. Repeat 3 to times.

8)Similarly visualize all fingers, leg, thigh up to the wast and suggest that each of them are getting relaxed. 9)Now visualize each part of the body from the waist to shoulder, lower part of the abdomen, upper part of the abdomen, the stomach, liver, pancreas, the lungs, the heart and suggest each of them are getting relaxed. (It is better to do the meditation by seeing a physiological chart for clear visualization).

10)Now start from the right arm thumb. Visualize the right arm thumb an feel that the right arm thumb is getting relaxed. Similarly visualize other part of the right arm up to the shoulder and suggest that they are getting relaxed. Repeat the same exercise for the left arm.

11)Visualize now from shoulder and above, mouth, nose, eyes, forehead, and upper part of the head and then suggest that it is getting relaxed. Here visualize each part and suggest.
12)This process can be repeated again as per availability of time. The exercise can be repeated while sitting on a chair or standing in a comfortable posture or lying on "Makarasan"
13)This is a complete relaxation exercise and if it is done while sleeping in the night it will induce very good sleep.

TEST FOR THE TECHNIQUE

One may feel that after this exercise breathing will become very slow. If correctly followed one may feel that even the breathing has almost stopped. This is the correct test of the technique. If you fall asleep in the night do not worry but in the day time it is better to keep awake so that the process is repeated to all parts of the body.