Raising your endorphin levels could help you feel good in the run-up to a wedding, a special event, a holiday or Christmas, instead of being overwhelmed by the stress of the occasion. Staying calm enough to enjoy the celebrations can be a challenge.
Raising your endorphin levels could help you feel good in the run-up to a wedding, a special event, a holiday or Christmas, instead of being overwhelmed by the stress of the occasion. Staying calm enough to enjoy the celebrations can be a challenge.
It is possible to manage your basic feelings and attitude no matter what is going on around you - providing you have the skills.
The close connection between the brain, nervous system and glandular system means that you are able to keep calm and in control even in the most testing of situations.
Relax Your Way To Better Health
You will find endorphin meditation to be a very enjoyable and effective way to health improvement. Your meditation instructor will guide you gently into triggering endorphins. These are the hormones that make you feel good. At the same time they turn off stess hormones like adrenalin and cortisol. Endorphins are natural opiates, removing stress and pain. By relaxing tissues they provide feelings of contentment both physically and mentally.
You Can Trigger Endorphins At Will
Adrenaline and cortisol are there to help the body to ’fight or flee’. They contract muscles and prepare the body for action. If they are not used up in physical movement they can remain frozen in the body tissues causing ongoing stress and discomfort. Endorphins are produced by the experience of pleasure, real or imagined. So they can be triggered by, for example, a memory of a happy holiday, which can then be used as a gateway to meditation. Once the endorphins are triggered, they can be guided around the body for general health enhancement.
You Just Have To Think
To bolster your endorphin levels, think about an event, a person, an activity or a place that makes you feel good. Experience it. Feel the pleasure in your body and let it deepen. This good feeling comes from the endorphins. Now imagine the endorphins as a golden stream of oil. Now use your mind to guide this stream of oil around your body. Enjoy!
The writer has over thirty years experience with meditation, complementary health and self-improvement. She holds weekly endorphin meditation classes london England. A guided meditation cd is also available.