We all experience some form of stress in our lives.
Clinically, stress is a negative element that can threaten
our physical and emotional health. One form of stress can
diminish our resistance to other forms of stress.
Therefore, stress seems to take on a momentum or it's own
i.e. stress can cause more stress. When our healthy
resistance, i.e. our immune system, begins to break down
under too much stress, physical damage and disease results.
In addition to physical stress e.g. sore muscles, pain,
aches, tension, overexertion, exercise and inactivity that
causes back pain, minor strains and sprains, we also
experience emotional stress as well. Emotional stress can
come from many sources. Emotional stress, as we know, comes
from discord in our work and personal relationships,
economic pressure, loss, grief, anger, fear, etc. Over
time, stress actually builds up toxic deposits in our
cells. Stress can create physical pain and chronic fatigue
that leaves us without energy or rest, leaving us accident
prone and effects our emotional and cognitive abilities
leading to even more stress. Again, stress builds upon
itself and causes a vicious cycle. Our lives can be
charted in a energy wave pattern with healthy activity
being at the high point of the wave and rest being at the
lower point of the wave. If one phase suffers, it effects
the other phase. Our energy wave pattern becomes almost
flat. We then experience restlessness, lack of energy,
depression, insomnia, muscles tension, less frustration
tolerance, exaggeration of emotional reaction e.g. constant
anger of a feeling of our wanting to cry constantly. This
in turn strains our work and personal relationship and our
relationship with ourselves. Sleep and relaxation
interrupts this vicious cycle of stress and restore a
healthy energy wave pattern of activity and rest which
interrupts stress building on itself and causing us to
experience emotional and physical distress. Water can play
a vital natural role in helping us experience the rest and
relaxation we need to end the cycle of stress and pain we
are experiencing.
Our natural, innate relationship with water is both
primordial and present. We live in water for months before
we are born. Our bodies are composed of a large amount of
water. We could say that we are water. We all know the
natural attraction we have to creeks, lakes, and the ocean.
Although not always in our conscious awareness, we
instinctively "know" that water is vital and "alive". All
our physical, intellectual, and emotional functions are
modalities of water functions. Water provides all living
things/beings with a flow of nutrients as well as a means
of elimination. All living forms exist within the Earth's
great hydrosystem. Water is the origin and present source
of all life. In a full hot bath we become surrounded by
water, the source of all life. This stimulates our
primordial security feelings and responses and provides us
with comfort, relaxation, and pleasure. Heated water
relaxes our muscle tension that restricts fluid and energy
flow. The magnetic fields of our nervous system flow
through the surrounding water malecules. We experience the
profound and relieving effects of water's releasing us from
stress and pain.
We can turn our bath into a therapeutic anti-stress,
anti-pain treatment. Our bathroom should be warm and we
should have clean towels and a robe ready for coming out of
our bath. We just fill our tubs with hot water increasing
or decreasing the temperature as is comfortable for us.
When our tub is as full as we can get it, without running
over as we get into it, is the right temperature for us, we
can note the time. We need to stay in the bath for 15 to
20 minutes, not longer. Submerge yourself with only your
head above water. Let your thoughts drift into the
quietness of your awareness of your breathing in and out.
Inhale and exhale fully, which releases tension from our
muscles. Relax into the water and become "one" with the
water. Add hot water if you need it, but beyond that, stay
as still as possible. When time as passed, rise slowly and
towel off lightly and put on the robe. This process will
greatly help reduce stress, break the stress cycle, and
allow our bodies to fall into a deeper rest. Regular use
of anti-stress, anti-pain bath will release many stress
factors through relaxation. This allows us to recover our
energy and stimulate a stronger natural resistence, enhance
our immune system and recover our health.
We can further enhance the effectiveness of water's stress
and pain reduction by adding herbal extracts and essential
oils to our therapeutic bath. Herbal extracts and essential
oils are made from natural plans by various means of
distillation. Essential oils, e.g. Lavender, provide a
relaxing aroma that in itself reduces stress and pain.
These essential oils are used in the treatment modality of
aromatherapy and can be added to our bath water for added
benefit. We can also use aromatherapy candles by our bath
to add even more effective benefits to our therapeutic bath
experience. Aromatherpy candles add a soothing light and
aroma to ease stress and pain.
In natural thermal pools found in nature are many dissolved
minerals that also have an effective therapeutic benefit.
Minerals play an important role in water conditioning.
Natural sodium (salt) minerals such as sodium borate,
sodium caronate, and sodium cloride neutralize metals and
provide a mild electrolyte solutions which disperses
botanicals evenly throughout the water and helps attract
the botanical molecules to our skin. Aromatherapy bath
salts and minerals added to our bath water helps us receive
full benefit from aromatherapy essential oils that we have
added to our bath
Water is a powerful therapeutic natural source of stress
and pain relief. We are water. Water is life. We often
take this for granted and therefore do not make full use of
this natural healing agent. Many of us do not even drink
enough water. If we are wanting to manage stress or to
break a vicious stress cycle, we need only remember that
water is a powerful resource. The next time we are feeling
stress, we can remember to simply wash our hands, splash
some water on our faces, or take a soothing drink of water.
If possible spend time with creeks, rivers, and where
possible with the ocean. If possible, we can introduce
swimming to our exercise program. If this is not possible,
we can naturally soak away stress and pain with hot baths
enhanced with aromatherapy bath salts, aromatherapy mineral
baths, aromatherpy essential oils or stress and pain
formulas specially designed to be used with water such as
ABRA Herbal Hydrotherapy Muscle Bath or ABRA Hydrotherapy
Stress Bath.
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Jenny has more than twenty years experience with all
natural health care products. More information about
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