MARCYINCNY1's CalorieKing blog
Saturday, Apr 12 2008 - Stress
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If you're living a life that, in effect, makes maintaining your health and wellbeing just one more source of stress, what exactly is the point of that life?
Another advantage I haven't mentioned here before, that's been crucial in my weight loss effort is my yoga & meditation practice.
In my mid-forties, when perimenopausal symptoms exacerbated some chronic health problems and I began to doubt everything about myself and my life, my wonderful gynecologist suggested a stress management course based on mindful meditation as taught by Jon Kabat Zinn. It may have saved my life; I know it saved my marriage.
Another advantage I haven't mentioned here before, that's been crucial in my weight loss effort is my yoga & meditation practice.
In my mid-forties, when perimenopausal symptoms exacerbated some chronic health problems and I began to doubt everything about myself and my life, my wonderful gynecologist suggested a stress management course based on mindful meditation as taught by Jon Kabat Zinn. It may have saved my life; I know it saved my marriage.
3 comments so far.
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a decade ago
I'm going to look it up. Thanks.
by CATWALKER
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a decade ago
Well, you do open this one with a loaded question. I'm currently in that position... but in this case, the point of this life, for right now, is to complete a major life goal, my Ph.D. And that, I think, is a worthy goal, and it is never accomplished without stress and suffering (that I know of). And the importance of yoga should never be underestimated; it can do a lot, even if you don't "believe in it" from a mental perspective (my roommate does the movements but doesn't really get the philosophy; over several years' practice now, she's in better shape than when I met her. She is now nearly 60 years of age and started at around 53? So it is never too late!)
by KATANAS
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a decade ago
Thank you for the tip. All of the philosophies that I have seen about better living seem to focus on learning to relax, even though they offer different strategies for how to relax. I like David Allen's remark that our ability to be productive is directly proportional to our ability to relax. His approach is to find a way to put everything in your head into some external system, so that you don't have 'open loops.' I think yoga and meditation probably have some connections there in terms of bringing closure to our 'open loops.'
by BEYOU