Action Step Two of "Quieting the Mind Series" for Stress Relief
Audrey Sussman PhD’s Quieting the Mind Series.
It is possible to learn to use your mind to stop automatic reactions. In this article and the ones to follow you’ll be learning to use your mind in a very different way, one that creates feelings you want, rather than ones that cause fear, overwhelm, grief or worry.
Each article in the Quieting the Mind Series, builds on the skills in the previous ones.
Stop Stress Using the 3-Part Method
To understand how to stop stress reactions it is important to understand how the mind and body interact. There are three parts you will need to work with in order to change stress reactions:
- Physical part
- Cognitive part
- Emotional part
Click on the link to view the Diagram of the cycle of stress: This diagram gives both the problem and solutions in the three parts of the stress cycle.
Blue = solutions
Red = issues
If you are feeling anxiety, worry, fear, etc. you are already familiar with how stress is triggered. What we want to do is to learn to use the three-part system to create calm, focus, security, and serenity instead of worry, stress and anxiety.
ACTION STEP TWO: Getting your body and mind into the de-stressing mode.
1. The first part of the calming process is to get your mind ready.
2. Using a simple self-hypnosis technique is the fastest way to get the mind ready.
3. We start with the physical part of the three-part system, using a simple change in the breathing pattern. In the diagram this technique is listed in the solutions in the physical part of the stress cycle.
Note. The video guide for the Calming Breath will guide you through the steps for getting your mind ready. If you’re already part of our online community and you are already using this Calming Breath you are ready for: Action Step Three, The Focusing Technique in the next article excerpt.
Go to www.anxietycontrolcenter.com/stress-breath and following along with Audrey Sussman PhD, as she takes you through the Calming Breath exercise. There is a bonus exercise at the end of the calming breath exercise, so be sure to watch all the way to the end to experience using color for healing with the healing light exercise.
Setting the foundation importance of the calming breath technique.
a. Practicing the Calming Breath gets your mind and body prepared.
b. Once learned this simple breathing technique can be used to enhance the effectiveness of any other exercise or technique.
c. This is a skill that can help you to get you into a calming, creative, altered state without any drug or medication.
d. Doing the exercise also prepares your mind for other stress relief techniques.
e. Go to www.anxietycontrolcenter.com/stress-breath to start this process
Once your have practiced you will be ready for the next step in the journey to calm, serenity and focus. Over the weeks you will be learning more about:
1. How the mind and body are connected.
2. And how physical, cognitive and emotional reactions can be changed.
2. How the mind and body connections can be make to work for you.
3. How symptoms get triggered.
My years of research, practice and experience as director and hypnotherapist at the Anxiety Control Center led to the development of the Transformation System. The techniques for calming a racing mind come from the combining the most effective cognitive and behavioral techniques with NLP and Two types of hypnosis. I believe the Transformation System works so effectively because it recognizes the importance of connection of the body and mind for healing. Our clients have gotten freed from panic, phobias, anxiety, fear, depression and the physical pain of migraines, IBS and stomach issues using this powerful Transformation System.
Although the ideal and fastest way to get relief from symptoms is to have the guidance from one of our hypnotherapists in private sessions, I also realize that not everyone can afford to do this. This series of articles was created to provide a place to start in the journey towards calm and focus.
I hope the information you will be learning stimulates your motivation to continue your learning to use your own mind-body connection for healing.
The steps are broken down to small, easy to follow steps. Where necessary I’ve changed the techniques to makes them possible for you to use on your own. Each skill and technique is broken down into easy to follow steps.
The Transformation System uses the connection of the mind and the body to facilitate change. Within this system are three different types of skills you will learn, each affecting either the mind or the body. Each skills works on a different part of the stress-cycle.
Today’s action step of using the breathing exercise, will prepare you for success.
