Calm down your inflammation - Go from constant urgency to calm
Go from a life of constant urgency to a life of much calm – (and calm down your inflammation too)
Rushing can affect our physical well-being (and it’s more than just being accident-prone.)
Being in a state of urgency can affect quality of sleep, how we interact with others, and how at peace we feel with the world.
It can affect our digestion and our weight gain.
Strangely rushing can affect how much energy we have.
Having a sense of urgency can make us withdraw in overwhelm.
Rushing can make us overreact with people we love most in this world.
Dr Libby Weaver in her book “Rushing Woman’s Syndrome – the impact of a never-ending to-do list on your health” states that the following practices are the key to calm that affects our physical and emotional health.
Restorative Eating
Drinking stimulants and eating highly processed food makes it difficult to bio-chemically access the gentler emotional states. Maybe try it, to see if this rings true for you. If it suits your gut health think slow burning carbohydrates like a legume bolognaise sauce and pulse pasta. Or if you know that will upset your gut health, eat what you know allows your gut health to feel happy. Plus, you will be giving your physical health a great gift.
Restorative Sleeping
Sleep is the often the only time our fight and flight response (the sympathetic nervous system) can retreat to the background completely, and for some that is even difficult with poor or broken sleep in such situations as shift work or young babies.
If you need help with hypnotherapy for insomnia and poor sleep patterns click to book here or contact me to have an email Q and A.
In the meantime these strategies may help.
Stop the overflow of adrenaline but reducing or quitting caffeine.
Omit alcohol. Book here for helping to quit or reduce alcohol.
Avoid bright light 2 hours before bed-time.
Avoid working 2 hours before bed-time.
Schedule calm for sleep – 20 long slow deep breaths at the end or start of each day. Restorative yoga or restorative movement daily. Meditate or pray daily.
Keep a journal.
Connection
The main public metnal health message here in West Australia is “ACT, Belong, Commit”. Meaningful activities that show us that we are all connected such as volunteer work or community activities.
Exploring your inner world and Emotions
Emotional Support
Restorative Movement
Exercise the is restorative is different to cardio or HIIT. It is important for our brains and hormones to circulate calm-based biochemistry in our bodies with movement that is more Yin or contemplative and soothing. This could be restorative yoga, qi gong, tai chi, some forms of Pilates, and walking in nature. For example, restorative yoga takes us out of fight or flight by activating the parasympathetic nervous system. This system is responsible for bringing us back into equilibrium and “flow”.