Reduce stress through Meditation

One of the best ways to overcome your daily living stress is meditation. Basically, it quietens your mind and improves your spiritual link to your inner soul.

Do you think stress is directed connected to the state of your health? I think the answer is very obvious as repeated medical researches have shown that stress has many negative effects in your health if it were kept uncontrolled.

When I talk to people that I meditate to reduce my stress, a common response is that "Ah, that's really a long process which I cannot endure", or "I thought only monks do that?"

These are just myths. Meditation does not require you to spend one hour everyday. Sometimes as short as just three to five minutes is sufficiently beneficial. Maria Duval adds that a twenty minutes of meditation daily can be as good as having a good night of sleep..So meditation is particularly good for those who suffer from insomnia or sleep disorders.

Maria Duval says there are many ways to meditate. It does not have to be sitting still in a quiet room. For example, when you are cleaning or doing the dishes, practice taking deep slow breathes and quieting your mind. Just practice being in the present moment and clearing all thoughts from your mind.

Sometimes, it can be as simple as taking a nice stroll in a scenic lake side park or at a relaxing beach. The main purpose is to calm down your mind, being in the moment and being gratitude for your existence in this beautiful planet. Then of course, there is the standard form of meditation in which you sit on the floor, or on a cushion or a mat and cross your legs...

As you practice more, the longer you will be able to meditate. A great intention for yourself, is to build up to at least twenty minutes of meditation. When you are meditating, you can have very relaxing music on or have complete silence. Sometimes music will help someone relax more, for others they find it distracting. Try both and see what works best for you.

So what shall you meditate on?

Again, Maria Duval teaches it could be on manifesting on something that you desire, or you can just focus on inner silence, or a combination of both. The inner silence is very important as it reduces stress in our lives and to completely silence our mind completely. In the end, we feel with are intimately connected to the Higher Being and spiritually we become a better person.

In conclusion, meditation transcends all forms of religions and is a proven spiritual way to manage stress through slowing down your pace and quieten your mind. You will be amazed at how well you will feel after that short meditation!

Maria Duval on how to cope with stress

So, how to control and confront stress in an effective way?

The method is easy yet it needs a firm mind to execute it. By thinking positively and helping others to free themselves of the undesirable effects of stress, one can reduce own anxiety levels. When you close your eyes, take three deep breaths, visualise some calming scenes, you defuse stress. And if circumstances allow it, there are also some positive affirmations that offer effective protection.

For example:

This is just temporary.
Providence is with me.
Everything that happens is for the best.
Let it go and allow God to do his work.
Things are getting better and better.
Today will be a perfect day.

Maria Duval states that there are some signs your body will give you when stress is starting to have a serious effect on you:

- Stomach upsets, increased heart rate,
- Insomnia, persistent fatigue,
- You bite your nails, you're irritable,
- Memory loss, nervous tactics,
- Inability to concentrate,
- Irresistable urges to eat sweet things,
- Increase in your alcohol intake, smoking more, drinking more coffee, drug use,
- More frequent illness.

Maria Duval offers some ideas how to reduce the stresses in yoru life so that its negative impact can be lessened.

- Keep your sense of humour, learn to see the funny side of your problems.
- Seek out solitude to relax.
- Take physical exercise, have a massage,
- Go and see a funny show or a comedy.
- Eat better and limit your smoking, coffee and alcohol consumption.

Ultimately, do remember that relaxation is the first and most important of these anti stress measures.

When you are deeply relaxed, visualise a peaceful setting, preferably a place where you have already been, such as a beach, a stream, a mountain, a lake, a spring, a tranquil open space. Stay in that place for some minutes. Breath and take of the beautiful moments in this world and in your life. It is the most effective medicine to fight your stress.

Recognise the signs of Stress

Psychic Maria Duval has stated that HAPPINESS is the greatest source of knowledge, power and joy.

Maria Duval has to tell you that there is some underlying factor in your life, which is tending to block your success. Not only is this element stopping you from being truly happy, it is also gradually draining your life energy, blocking the light, sapping your vital living organs and withering your physical strengths.

Let us talk a bit about stress. Once you know how to interpret and control stress, all elements of your life you set about reprogamming will take a giant step forward. So, you will really become someone who is more positive and optimistic. Your personality will become magnetic and your social life will improve. Next, you will find there is a state of happiness in your life, and life will change for the better.

Maria Duval thinks that we all know this fact without doubt. Stress always creeps up on you. How will you know you are going through a prolonged period of stress if you don't have any kind of early warning system in place? You are at the end of the tether, your blood pressure is rising, you become impossible to live with, your immune system starts to fail you and the functioning of your vital organs is affected. That is why it is very important to detect possible symptoms of stress at the very early stages.

Life often casts all sorts of stressful situations in our path. For example, teenage children getting out of hand and rebellious, stacks of mounting bills to pay off, incessant noise created by neighbours, and of course, job related stresses.

So from now on, recognise that stress is extremely toxic to your spiritual health and if not curbed, can lead to mental and physical impairments. It is a highly negative energy that saps you and drains you. You deserve a life that is joyous and happy~

Deep inner fears and anxieties

Do you agree Maria Duval's argument that our daily habits are an expression of our mental programming. Basically we tend to react in the same way to a given situation - perhaps subconsciosly - whether mental or physical.

As we become more enlightened, you will come to know the benefits of a continuously improving life! Life will be happier, funnier and more cheerful. You'd feel as if heavy burdens have been lifted off your shoulder. So as Maria says, the more you are motivated to seek success, the greater these improvements will be. As such it is very important that we get rid of our fears and bad traits as they block your speed to success.

Some of these could be:

1. As simple as taking a flight,
2. Phobia of height,
3. Fear of large crowd,
4. Fear of spending money,
5. Meeting new people
6. Taking up a new role, and etc.

Maria Duval says that if any of such form of situations arouse any feelings of anxiety or stress, take a moment to reflect what might be causing this mental discomfort or preying on your mind.

All about stress

Psychic Maria Duval tells you that there is some underlying factor in lifes which is tending to block your success. Not only is this element preventing you from being truly happy, it is also draining your energy, obstructing the light, tiring your vital organs, sapping your strengths.

For example "stress". Once you know how to recognise and control "stress", all the elements will take a great step forward. Basically you will become more positive and more optimistic. Your personality will blossom, your relations with your parents and friends will improve, says Maria Duval. A state of happiness will begin to emerge in your life and life will be better.

Stress always creeps up on you, without any kind of fanfare. How will you know you are going through a prolonged period of stress if you don't have any kind of early earning system in place? Your blood pressure rises, you become impatient, you lose temper easily and your immune system drops.

So Maria Duval says it is vital that you know the early signs of stress so that you can do something about it fast, if not, stress can make your life very miserable and bad negative energies will be attracted to you.

So it is for your own spiritual. mental and physical health to know and overcome life stresses.