The following are things one can do to alleviate, reduce and often avoid the effects of the adrenal stress-conditioned chemical dump. When you add all of this to the many other methods of handling emotionally charged conflicts and events you start to understand what is necessary for martial arts and karate self-fense (as well as all other disciplines, etc. of life).
In adrenal stress-conditions we can further alleviate the effects of the chemical dump by:
▪ Focusing your awareness on breathing is an excellent way to settle your mind and relax. Breathing often mirrors your emotions, and changing your breathing can shift your attention and mood.
▪ Using guided visual-imagery.
▪ By being mindful and keeping your focus on your breathing, you can help yourself relax. Just 5 minutes can help improve your emotional state while releasing counter chemicals to the adrenal rush.
▪ Progressive muscle relaxation helps you learn the difference between how it feels when your muscles are tense, and when they’re relaxed. Muscle relaxation works on the idea that whatever relaxes your muscles can also help relax your mind.
▪ Combine movement and meditation. They can help you relax, improve your posture, balance, coordination, and flexibility, and boost your health and quality of life.
Guided Imagery: Our brain often can’t distinguish whether we’re imagining something or we’re actually experiencing it. That’s why our imagination can be a very powerful resource in life. Using visual-imagery, guided visual-imagery, is such a great tool in training, practice and when gaining hands-on experience. The masters of almost any discipline will inform you that guided-visual-imagery is one of their cheif tools that led to their mastery.
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