Lately, I have been feeling stressed can yoga help me relax? I have been feeling more stressed then usual. I have been having a lot going on in the past few months. A few months ago my mom being super sick, that I had to take her place and help my dad with the responsibilities at home. Ever since my mom became ill, the doctors told her that she could not work no more. This was a big set back for our family. I have two younger siblings, one just barely started high school, and the other one is in elementary school. Know that my mom is sick I have to take her place and work longer hours to help my dad pay for utilities, while also attending school full-time and on top of that I have to start worrying about applying for nursing school. These …show more content…
As she was starting the class she told us that this class should be about confidence and that all of us should feel good about ourselves, that we should not force ourselves if we cannot master a poster. It about learning from your mistakes and feeling at ease with yourself. So we started by getting into the 7-point posture of Vairocana. The instructor told us to close our eyes relax and let go of all the tension in our body. She then said that we were doing to start of with some breathing exercise. She told us that the first breathing exercise would be an exercise to help us bring aware of our breathing. For this exercise we places ours hand by our abdominal and she told us to pay close attention to our normal breathing. Afterwards she told us to introduce a slight pause after each inhalation and exhalation so that our breaths could be more relax. We did this exercise for around five minutes. After that we started doing some poses. We started with the belly twist, followed by the knew down twist, then the half wind relieving pose, then the bridge and we ended up with the corpse. The pose that we spend around 20 minutes in was the corpse also known as the “Shavasan.” To me this posture was one of the most confortable one we did. For this poster we lay on our backs with our arms and legs flat open at a 45-degree angle. This pose according to the teacher “Helps our body, mind and spirit to rejuvenate, while it reduces the stress in our bodies and the tension in our muscles.” While laying on that pose I felt my thought arising I started thinking about all things that are happening to me. After thinking about everything that is going on, I thought to myself maybe this is a test from God. Maybe I have to stay strong for my family and I and maybe soon everything will be okay. As the class was coming to an end the instructor asked
As you practice remember that inhalation and exhalation are both done through the nose and should be an equal amount of time in duration. Make sure to keep your breath flowing and your throat open. Don’t tense your shoulders or jaw. Be careful not to overfill your lungs as it will cause tension. Finally, keep your navel pulled in while breathing.
Over the next few days, we took it easy. I went back to work. My mom was getting worse as each day went on with a few good days in between, of course. We ended up moving my niece Lexi’s birthday up a few days because we wanted to make sure my mom would be there for it. She, my mom, couldn’t talk as well anymore, but she made the effort to sing for her granddaughter. The day before my niece’s actual birthday, my mom passed away. Her wish had come true, too. She had wanted my dad to be the only one in the room when she went.
A nurse that wishes to determine if he/she is stressed, must first be cognizant of the signs and symptoms. Often, stress manifests not just in physical ways but in emotional ways as all. The physical signs of stress include headaches, weight gain, fatigue, and an elevated glucose level, while the emotional signs include anger, lashing out, hostility, sadness, and abstinence and isolation from activities (Roszler & Brail 2017). Stress management is the process of integrating positive and healthy techniques into one’s lifestyle in an attempt to reduce stress. Physical activity such as yoga has been proven to reduce stress. Researchers have found that because yoga encourages one to relax, it shifts the flight-or-fight response to the relaxation response, which has been shown to decrease stress by lowering breathing and heart rates, decrease blood pressure, lower cortisol levels, and increase blood flow to vital organs (Woodyard
Everyone at some point have experience fear due to a situation that overwhelms us. This is an essential response of our bodies that can help us survive. However, when these fears are constant, they can disable an individual. Panic disorder (PD) it’s a mental illness that leads a person to have recurring panic attacks, (Strickland, 2001). Panic attacks in people with PD arise unexpectedly, situationally predisposed and / or by situations that remind them experienced dreadful events. PD can be categorized under two types: PD with or without agoraphobia. Agoraphobia is the fear of being in a situation or place in which the person thinks that would be difficult or embarrassing to escape. Some individuals develop agoraphobia after the first episodes of panic attacks; others acquire it years later, (Key, 2012).
Panic disorder is an anxiety-repeated disorder that affects approximately five percent of the population (Roy-Byrne, Craske, & Stein, 2006). A diagnosis of panic disorder requires that the individual experiences recurrent panic attacks with any of the following: worry about the possibility of future attacks, avoiding places or situations in which the individual fears a panic attack may occur, fear of being unable to escape or obtain help, or any other change in behavior due to the attacks (Roy-Byrne, Craske, & Stein, 2006). Panic attacks are often sudden and the sufferer usually experience physical symptoms such as autonomie, otoneurological, gastrointestinal,or cardiorespiratory distress (Roy-Byrne, Craske, & Stein, 2006). Individuals who suffer from panic disorder typically utilize medical services at a higher rate than those who do not have panic disorder, an impaired social life, and a reduced quality of life (Taylor, 2006). Often times those who suffer from panic disorder may also suffer from depression and general anxiety (Taylor, 2006). According to the Stanford University School of medicine, approximately 50 percent of patients diagnosed with panic disorder will develop depression and approximately 50 percent of depressed patients will develop panic disorder (Taylor, 2006). In addition those who suffer from panic disorder have a higher incidence of suicide, especially those with comorbid depression (Taylor, 2006). Not everyone who experiences a panic attack suffers from panic disorder (Roy-Byrne, Craske, & Stein, 2006). The same physical symptoms of panic disorder may occur when an individual is faced with specific fears and potentially dangerous situations (Roy-Byrne, Craske, & Stein, 2006). The difference b...
Name the 5 basic principles of alignment that are incorporated into the work and briefly describe each. Breath: The goal of the breathing is to relax unnecessary tension in the body and to encourage the engagement of the transversus abdominis on the exhale while maintaining engagement during the inhale. During exhalation the rib cage closes in and down while the spine flexes slightly, exhalation is encouraged when the spine is flexing. During inhalation the rib cage open out and up as the spine extends. Inhalation is encouraged when the spine goes into extension to help the abdominals to stabilize the spine.
Major Depressive Disorder, according to Coon, is a mood disorder in which the person has suffered one or more intense episodes of depression. Major Depressive Disorder falls under mood disorders subtopic depressive disorders (Coon 2013). “Psychologist have come to realize that mood disorders (major disturbances in emotion) are among the most serious of all psychological conditions. In any given year, roughly 9.5 percent of the U.S. population suffers from a mood disorder (National Institute of Mental Health, 2011a)” (Coon 2013). I was one of the 9.5 percent. I have decided to write on this topic because I want to understand what causes it. I have been depressed before without medication or counseling and I wanted to know why do you get depressed and how does it impact you. This essay will talk about disorder information, disorder triggers, research on depression, treatment for depression, and theorist’s experiments for Major Depression Disorder.
The mental health assessment is a crucial part in everyday nursing care as it evaluates an individual’s mental condition to assess for risk factors of mental illnesses and provide optimal care and treatment. Mental health is described as “a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.” (CDC) If the patient not mentally healthy, they can develop mentally illnesses, which can affect treatment and the disease process of physical ailments because without mental health a person cannot be completely healthy. “Suicide Risk Assessment in High Risk Adolescents” is a nursing article that outlines suicide risk factors and prevention strategies for assist nurses in performing mental health assessments. Suicide, the act of
A mental health counselor develops a professional relationship that empowers diverse individuals, families and groups to accomplish mental health and career goals. Helping others to accomplish their goals and listening to various stories of hardship have always played a part in my life. Stories of others have helped me get through rough times, and so did my own personal stories do the same for others. My story may help save a life tomorrow. It is a rewarding career path that one may enjoy which requires excellent communication skills and a commit between each other.
Becoming a healthier person interests us all, from young to old, being fit is something we strive for. Nowadays, one means of achieving that goal is through yoga. Though the use of breathing exercises, meditation and strength postures, people have actually lowered their blood pressure, aches and pains fade away as their body becomes more athletic.
Therefore a person must develop stress management skills to maintain their own stability and yoga can be a part of the solution. In the book, Yoga Body, Buddha Mind, by Cyndi Lee, the author talks about fight-or-flight, a condition where the body relates to emergencies then responds by activating the adrenal glands allow the heart to pump quicker, raise blood pressure, increase muscle tension, and produce sweat. However, if you are constantly in a fight-or-flight mode then it leads to stress. Health problems can arise from not learning how to balance good stress which can have survival value and bad stress that can lead to insomnia, headaches, and even more serious conditions such as heart attacks (Lee
Do you constantly feel tired, weary and exhausted? Do you suffer from a lack of energy making it hard to accomplish your daily tasks? For those who suffer from fatigue, yoga can bring some much needed relief.
I also like how this technique makes you really interact with your body and makes you relax throughout the whole practice. I think that this practice will be useful to me to help reduce my stress and make me less worry. I notice that when I do this practice, it definitely helps me erase negative thoughts in my mind and lets me focused on my body more. I have done yoga in the pass and I really like how I don’t feel any kind of tension afterwards. I come out feeling better than before about my body after my yoga
ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to infer the relationship between traumatic situation, post traumatic growth and quality of life among universities students. The study also aimed at findings out the effect of post traumatic growth and quality of life. The sample of present study (N=200) was collected from Sargodha universities. Study comprised on both female (N=200) and male (N=200).Traumatic Situations, Post Traumatic Growth and Quality of Life were used to measure the study variables.
Mental health refers to the state of individuals psychologically, emotionally and socially. Mental health affects a person’s emotions, feelings, thoughts, and sections when exposed to different situations. Furthermore, mental health is responsible for a person’s reaction to stress and other social conditions. Generally, mental health affects how a person relates to others and their ability to understand and interact with them. Therefore, problems that affect a person’s mental health affect the abilities to socialize, their feelings, moods, reaction to situations. The person experiencing mental health problem may portray different behaviors when confronted with different issues. Mental health issues have several