stress

SERVING SOCIETY BY STRENGTHENING THE INDIVIDUAL

Health is more than just
the absence of disease

Children exhibit abundant energy, enthusiasm, joy, and
unconditional love.These qualities are expressed spontaneously
and demonstrate the truest unadulterated, essence of
humanness. We all still have these qualities inside us but they
have been blocked by layers of stress.

Society has accepted this development only because the
knowledge of how to prevent it, or reverse it, has not been
available or adopted. Rather than find a way to grow out of these
limitations most people just learn to cope, and settle for limited
happiness, instead of living the profound joy and love that should
be natural to the human experience (as seen in children).

"Modern life is rife with potential stressors, and
there is now little question that
uncontrolled stress can kill."
Newsweek 9/27/04

With the Art of Living course practices you can calm the mind, heal the body, and energize the whole system in minutes.
Once learned on the course you can practice at home for 20 minutes a day. Free weekly group practices are available in
most cities to further establish the benefits. The cornerstone of the Art of Living course is the profound breathing technique,
Sudarshan Kriya that heals damage from the stress response, while infusing the body with energy and harmonizing the
natural rhythms of body, breath, mind, and emotions.

        "Sudarshan Kriya works wonders for the human body, ridding it of all depressive energy and body tensions.
              Many doctors now consider that Sudarshan Kriya can prevent the onset of serious diseases."
                                                Vinod Kochupillai M.D. Professor & Head of Medical Oncology (AIIMS)

"Decades of research have linked stress to everything
from heart attack and stroke to diabetes and a
weakened immune system."
New York Times 9/5/04

                             What is STRESS?

                 Stress is caused by an involuntary reaction
                                        to a perceived threat (such as driving in intense
                                        traffic) or an environmental stressor signal
                                        (such as loud noise). Modern life chronically
                                        activates the stress response, often without
                                        valid cause, and the result is an epidemic
                                        of stress-related diseases. Many common
situations trigger a stress response; the pressure of a deadline
at work, a heated argument, driving in intense traffic, etc.
Instantly the heart beats faster, blood pressure rises, and a host of
hormones and inflammatory chemicals are released into the blood.
Chronic activation of the stress response speeds the aging process,
increases anxiety, and aggravates or causes a host of illnesses.
Using medications to treat the symptoms of stress does not heal the
underlying cause.

         Harvard Medical School reported in Newsweek that
          experts believe 60-90% of all doctor visits involve
                             stress-related complaints.
Western medicine has long focused on treating only the tangible,
physical body after it becomes ill. But long before stress makes you
physically sick it lowers the quality of life by making you more anxious,
worried, or depressed.