Stress Reduction
Why is it that sometimes you can glide through the roughest day with ease, while at other times the smallest bump in the road can throw you into a spin? Stress is an amazing thing - it alters the way your brain and body work to such an extent that you might as well be a different person! Under stress you think differently, your emotions become exaggerated and you do things you wouldn't normally do. So how can you manage stress more effectively?
There will never be more hours in the day, and your bills, career and family responsibilities will always be demanding. But you have more control than you might think. In fact, the simple realization that you are in control of your life is the foundation of stress management. Managing stress is all about taking charge: of your thoughts, emotions, schedule, and the way you deal with problems. There are many healthy ways to manage and cope with stress, but they all require change and practice. You can either change the situation or change your reaction.
Workshop #1 Stress Reduction
This Stress Reduction Workshop is an opportunity for participants to wake up to their ways of dealing with stress, bringing awareness and self-understanding while learning coping skills to help improve stress levels and prevent anymore unnecessary stresses. Many credible methods and perspectives will be introduced, exercises will be performed and participants will have homework to practice with during this 1 hour workshop.
Subsequent workshops are offered to take participants to a deeper level of experiencing and learning stress coping skills and prevention methods.
It is suggested that Stress Reduction workshop Intro and the 3 subsequent 1 hour specific workshops be followed up within a 4 month period to bring each participant the knowledge and practice required in a timely fashion to successfully affect their ability to manage stress.
Why is it that sometimes you can glide through the roughest day with ease, while at other times the smallest bump in the road can throw you into a spin? Stress is an amazing thing - it alters the way your brain and body work to such an extent that you might as well be a different person! Under stress you think differently, your emotions become exaggerated and you do things you wouldn't normally do. So how can you manage stress more effectively?
There will never be more hours in the day, and your bills, career and family responsibilities will always be demanding. But you have more control than you might think. In fact, the simple realization that you are in control of your life is the foundation of stress management. Managing stress is all about taking charge: of your thoughts, emotions, schedule, and the way you deal with problems. There are many healthy ways to manage and cope with stress, but they all require change and practice. You can either change the situation or change your reaction.
Workshop #1 Stress Reduction
This Stress Reduction Workshop is an opportunity for participants to wake up to their ways of dealing with stress, bringing awareness and self-understanding while learning coping skills to help improve stress levels and prevent anymore unnecessary stresses. Many credible methods and perspectives will be introduced, exercises will be performed and participants will have homework to practice with during this 1 hour workshop.
Subsequent workshops are offered to take participants to a deeper level of experiencing and learning stress coping skills and prevention methods.
It is suggested that Stress Reduction workshop Intro and the 3 subsequent 1 hour specific workshops be followed up within a 4 month period to bring each participant the knowledge and practice required in a timely fashion to successfully affect their ability to manage stress.
Workshop #2
Office Chair Yoga If you work at a desk all day Chair yoga can be a great pick-me-up and tension reliever. When you get caught up in a project or assignment your mind is concentrating and the breath becomes shallow thus decreasing the oxygen intake causing your body to stiffen up and muscles get tense. Your circulation weakens, your energy dwindles and your concentration does too. Reducing stress by exercising the body, increasing the breath and disciplining the mind is a simple recommended preventative strategy for overall good health, increased productivity and general happiness. Chair Yoga is for everyone. No matter what age you are or what condition you are in you can experience the health benefits of yoga. Did you know you can perform most yoga postures, breathing techniques, meditation, and relaxation techniques from a chair? Plus after learning the basics you can just taking a few minutes out of your work day to perform just one or two Chair Yoga postures, to reduce tension in the shoulders and back or even tension headaches. You will feel relaxed, revived and rejuvenated. This adapted style of yoga is ideal for office settings. |
Workshop #3
Breathing, Contemplation, Meditation Learn how you can consciously manage stress and create your life by learning to control your thoughts. The mind is your tool, and your bag of tricks. It will try to make you it’s slave and have you serve by getting it this to be happy and doing that to be satisfied. But its only a weak mind that fall prey to the ego struggle, which we are all struggling with. We are all trying to make sense of the different directions our mind gives us in a day. How can we be flitting about, at the beck and call of a restless, unsatisfied ego and expect peace of mind? Develop ways to strengthen the mind, develop healthy thought habits, or be able to keep your mind focused on the salad instead of the pie. When we get into decision making we want to trust our higher minds to take care of us the best way possible rather than fall to the addictions and desires of our lower mind. It’s a process of observing old patterns and beliefs and gently peeling them away to expose a more authentic self bring you closer to peace. Spend an hour practising the ability to control your mind and find your peace. |
Workshop #4 Stress Prevention and Lifestyle choices
Lifestyle choices workshop is a wholistic approach to Stress prevention that helps participants recognize what areas of their lives could use an improvement, change or an adjustment. The idea is is to re-align and re-condition the mind to stay balanced and focused on healthier approaches to living. Areas examined during sessions are personal habits, self-esteem, past experiences and beliefs, present conflicts, strengths, weaknesses, and the individual’s life situation (in their journal, not publicly). One by one habits are explored until the big picture becomes clear and personal patterns are uncovered. Personal goals may be set and steps toward them are drawn up by the co-operative effort of both participant and coach.
Fees for Stress Reduction Workshops. Please contact us for more information