Contemplation, Religion, and Addiction to Stress

In our highly connected society rife with social media, we live in a heightened degree of stress. In fact, many health researchers posit that many of us are stress addicts. We simply crave stress. I am constantly amused by how often stressed people head to amusement parks and thrill rides in hopes of alleviating their stress instead of spending their vacations slowing down.
As a Health and Wellness Coach, an important part of my position is to encourage people to manage their stress, to teach techniques that alleviate stress. A constant, high level of stress can be the catalyst to illness and the exacerbation of existing disease, especially auto-immune and inflammatory diseases. For this reason alone, it is vital that we find simple and effective ways of alleviating our stress.
For a primer on stress addiction, see: psychcentral.com/stress/addic....
I will be posting more about the role of breathing in stress reduction. Stay tuned.
Peace and all good!
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