Stress is part of life and attack us in various situations. For example in our time stuck in traffic, dealing with employment issues, domestic issues, etc.. Stress is a natural reaction when the sympathetic nervous system (sympathetic nervous system - SNS) in the body become activated so that the body release stress hormones (adrenaline and cortisol). When you are facing a crucial situation, the level of SNS become activated resulting in increased blood pressure and heart pressure to be fast. Usually the level of adrenaline, cortisol, blood pressure and heart rate will return to normal when the situation has passed. When faced with a serious situation, stress hormones tend to increase and last longer at this level. It thus resulting in increased blood pressure and heart rate became irregular causing new diseases such as insomnia, ulcers, headaches, and even more serious diseases such as diabetes and stroke.
Yoga as a solution
Yoga is not just physical exercises (asanas). Yoga teaches us to help control "traffic flow" of our minds. Duty office, prayer, memory, shadow someone's face, all jumbled passing in our brains without control. Patanjali, a yoga philosopher and author of Yoga Sutras, states, yoga is a process to slow fluctuations in our minds. Yoga will help us achieve the peace and quiet. The mind will be more focused. This is closely related to stress, because stress is often caused by our inability to control the mind.
Meditation
Many scientific studies that prove that meditation is good to give you peace of mind. In terms of health, meditation helps lower blood pressure, normalize the heartbeat, maintain the stability of stress hormones (adrenaline and cortisol). There are many ways of meditation. Way below is a simple practice that easy to do:
Meditation with a focus on breathing
Sit comfortably cross-legged or can also use a chair. Keep your back straight during meditation, no slouch.
Place your hands on your knees and close your eyes.
Focus your mind on your breathing. Breathe comfortably and gently. At first this is not easy, you will often miss the focus of breathing to thinking about this like a family event to attend, homework to be done, schedule meetings, etc.. Do not worry, every time that happens, return the focus on your breathing. With regular and continuous exercise, the longer you can stay focused longer on your breathing.
Start this meditation for five minutes and gradually increase the time to 20 minutes. Take time to practice yoga every day and when accompanied with a healthy diet will undoubtedly feel the benefits
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Simple way to check your health
Before experiencing illness, the body usually show signs. Body experience lethargy, fever, chills, or throat itch when it starts to suffer from cough, and other signs indicating that the body is experiencing illness.
Jacob Franek, stress management specialists, who often writes about health issues in AskMen, shows five early signs in a man to find out whether they are healthy or not.
Nail color
Maybe you never thought that the nail can show our health condition. That's the reality. In a healthy condition, pink nails, strong, and gentle. Striking changes in the nails can be a sign that you are suffering from an illness. For example, yellow colored nails grow thick survived shows that you are suffering from respiratory illnesses such as chronic bronchitis. Or if there is a curved line on the surface of the nail is commonly called Beau's lines, you could be affected by diabetes. Then spoon-shaped nails indicate iron deficiency.
The color of urine
A healthy person, urine is usually pale yellow. Yellowish color of urine can vary depending on the amount of fluid consumed. When eating a lot of water is usually clear yellow urine tended. But when dehydrated, the urine color changed to dark brown like tea. If there is a sweet smell, a strange odor, a drop of blood, or significant changes in urine which has nothing to do with drugs, foods or supplements that are being consumed, you should immediately check your urine to the lab.
The volume of ejaculate 2-5 ml
At the age of childbearing, healthy male ejaculation should be about 2-5 ml. If less than that, suggesting that in less fertile conditions. This condition is called hypospermia, a condition that affects male fertility. In addition to volume, color and consistency of semen also showed the condition of the body. Cement healthy men should be white or gray and sticky. If there is blood or not thick, it could indicate health problems on your body.
Heartbeat
Value of heart rate varies according to the age of a person, usually ranging from 70 and 75 bpm. For adult men the pulse of 60-100 bpm is considered normal. Well, if the heart rate level beyond the size it means you have a pretty serious health problems.
Elasticity of the skin
The elasticity of the skin is usually used to assess the degree of hydration of the body. Skin that is dull and inelastic mean your body hydrated. An easy way to test the elasticity of the skin, the skin on the back of his hand . When returned to its original position that shows your skin healthy.
Jacob Franek, stress management specialists, who often writes about health issues in AskMen, shows five early signs in a man to find out whether they are healthy or not.
Nail color
Maybe you never thought that the nail can show our health condition. That's the reality. In a healthy condition, pink nails, strong, and gentle. Striking changes in the nails can be a sign that you are suffering from an illness. For example, yellow colored nails grow thick survived shows that you are suffering from respiratory illnesses such as chronic bronchitis. Or if there is a curved line on the surface of the nail is commonly called Beau's lines, you could be affected by diabetes. Then spoon-shaped nails indicate iron deficiency.
The color of urine
A healthy person, urine is usually pale yellow. Yellowish color of urine can vary depending on the amount of fluid consumed. When eating a lot of water is usually clear yellow urine tended. But when dehydrated, the urine color changed to dark brown like tea. If there is a sweet smell, a strange odor, a drop of blood, or significant changes in urine which has nothing to do with drugs, foods or supplements that are being consumed, you should immediately check your urine to the lab.
The volume of ejaculate 2-5 ml
At the age of childbearing, healthy male ejaculation should be about 2-5 ml. If less than that, suggesting that in less fertile conditions. This condition is called hypospermia, a condition that affects male fertility. In addition to volume, color and consistency of semen also showed the condition of the body. Cement healthy men should be white or gray and sticky. If there is blood or not thick, it could indicate health problems on your body.
Heartbeat
Value of heart rate varies according to the age of a person, usually ranging from 70 and 75 bpm. For adult men the pulse of 60-100 bpm is considered normal. Well, if the heart rate level beyond the size it means you have a pretty serious health problems.
Elasticity of the skin
The elasticity of the skin is usually used to assess the degree of hydration of the body. Skin that is dull and inelastic mean your body hydrated. An easy way to test the elasticity of the skin, the skin on the back of his hand . When returned to its original position that shows your skin healthy.
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