BREATHWORK


How to release prolonged stress


Stress is a normal and natural part of life. All humans and animals experience mental, physical or emotional stress from time to time. Natural levels of stress actually enhance our mental and physical performance. Prolonged, chronic stress, however, is not our friend.


by Liisa Halme


HOW DOES EMOTIONAL PAIN BECOME PHYSICAL? Cellular memory, as the name implies, is basically the memory that resides inside the cells within the body. Every single cell in the body has a memory of its own that stores reserves of information related to past experiences, both positive and negative. When a cell stores a memory from a negative or painful experience, it will cause an undesirable effect which usually manifests itself as a physical or emotional block. These are often not conscious, mental level memories but much deeper, unconscious emotional memory imprints. When we experience chronic pain, stress, anxiety


or depression, it is thememory within the cells that is causing a reaction within the body. This applies to every aspect of a person’s life in both the physical and emotional level, meaning that cellular memory can affect your body physically in the form of sickness or disease, emotionally through our reactions and responses to events and relationships as well asmetaphysically through things we attract


58 SEPTEMBER | OCTOBER 2017


in life. A good example of the latter is how people who have experienced abuse as a child will often end up in abusive relationships later on in life. The good news is that you can change the cell memory and release painful and negative memories for good. As a result we stop recreating and replicating these painful imprints and feelings in the present-day life.


STRESS – OUR ARCHENEMY? Animals and young children naturally release stress and emotional charge through automatic mechanisms of the body; different spontaneous breathing patterns, sounds, shaking, crying and so on. As we grow up we learn to suppress these release mechanisms. Instead of allowing ourselves to fully feel and express all of our emotions, we tense up our body and restrict our breathing as an unconscious defence not to feel our painful emotions, or show them to others. Outside we may even seem cool, calm and collected but inside we hold on to the fear, emotional pain or anger. Over time the state of stress becomes more


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75  |  Page 76  |  Page 77  |  Page 78  |  Page 79  |  Page 80  |  Page 81  |  Page 82  |  Page 83  |  Page 84  |  Page 85  |  Page 86  |  Page 87  |  Page 88  |  Page 89  |  Page 90  |  Page 91  |  Page 92  |  Page 93  |  Page 94  |  Page 95  |  Page 96  |  Page 97  |  Page 98  |  Page 99  |  Page 100