| Over the past two decades I have guided countless | | | | degeneration. While her pain medication was |
| people about their job stress. Lawyers, teachers, | | | | producing no effects, during their first shiro dhara |
| businessmen, homemakers, and on and on. The | | | | session the pain left entirely for two full days. Others |
| amusing thing is that each person has said, "I have | | | | under great mental and emotional stress and worry, |
| the most stressful job". With the current economic | | | | and those who are extremely fatigued have found |
| situation, let us see how Ayurveda and spirituality can | | | | even one shiro dhara session completely revive them. |
| help eliminate unhealthy stress, and help us turn a | | | | Miscellaneous: |
| lemon into lemonade - to prosper from the challenge. | | | | Aromatherapy, music and color therapies and |
| The thing about stress is that it is not the job but | | | | exercise also help balance ones mind, nervous and |
| also the way one handles the stress, manages their | | | | immune systems. Classical Indian ragas, the sound of |
| life and maintains inner balance that determines if one | | | | a waterfall, or any soothing music eases mental |
| becomes stressed or not. | | | | tensions. Music can be played while commuting to |
| Challenges of the Century | | | | work, before bed or as ambiance at the home or |
| Now as the world faces new economic challenges, | | | | office. At home incense can be lit to affect the mind |
| dealing with stress is more challenging than ever. | | | | through the sense of smell. At the office, essential |
| Spiritual Ayurveda's ageless wisdom offers a true | | | | oils can be used. |
| lifesaver and lighthouse for those sailing in turbulent | | | | Sandalwood brings peace. Rose, jasmine or lily |
| waters. | | | | reduces anger. Frankincense eases fears. Many of our |
| Life Purpose (Dharma) | | | | clients keep a bottle of essential oil in their office |
| The first cause of job stress is not working in a | | | | desk and apply it any time things start becoming too |
| career you 'love'. | | | | stressful. Pleasant, uplifting colors in one's office also |
| Yes, its that simple. Life gets tougher, and only a | | | | help to keep the mind fresh and positive. |
| labor of love makes it worthwhile. Doing what you | | | | Color therapy: Sky blue is universally soothing. Bright, |
| love, shares love with others - it is a way to help | | | | healing shades of white, pink and blue are very good |
| humanity. This is a secret of stress-reduction, inner | | | | to calm down the stressful, anxious, angry and |
| peace and outer joy. Do what you love and you help | | | | impatient mind.Pictures, flowers, wall color, etc. all can |
| others in real ways. If you are unhappy in your job, | | | | be chosen with the proper colors for calming the |
| that is the single main cause of stress. Doing what | | | | mind. |
| you love means using your God-given or innate | | | | Meditation: We now come to the free therapies. I |
| abilities. Wise bosses generally only hire people who | | | | don't know how many times clients have come to |
| love their work, because they are committed, and do | | | | me surprised to learn just how effective and |
| the best job. | | | | powerful meditation is. Stress, digestion and |
| It is not the job that causes the stress at this point, | | | | disposition all are profoundly healed from simple, short |
| but rather the way in which one handles the events | | | | periods of meditation. Whether you think about your |
| that seem to be stressful. Properly handling events | | | | life, God, family or career planning, quiet meditation is |
| requires one to develop and maintain inner balance, | | | | very calming and clearing. Other forms of meditation |
| health and peace of mind. There are two parts to | | | | include taking nature walks or sitting in the woods or |
| this equation. First, you must become your own | | | | by the water. |
| life-manager. Analyze and prioritize your life. How | | | | Flower gardening helps remove anger and impatience |
| much time to you spend on your health, career, | | | | (but don't work outside in the hot sun). There are |
| family, education, exercise, community service and | | | | many simple forms of meditation, even if you just |
| spiritual life? | | | | hear your thoughts without reacting to them will be |
| Holistic Living | | | | useful. Meditation doesn't mean sitting without any |
| Do you spend the proper amount of time on each | | | | thoughts in the head-this is a myth promoted by |
| area of your life? Which is the most important life | | | | commercial meditation businesses. Anything that helps |
| domain? Maybe you are spending too much time at | | | | one relax is meditation. |
| work and ignoring your family. Maybe you are a bit | | | | As I was completing this article someone has come. |
| too worried about your health and preventing | | | | Showing them the title of this article I asked, 'So, |
| yourself from developing your career and education. | | | | who do you think has the most stressful job?' Being |
| Work to achieve the proper weighted balance for | | | | an adept person they replied, 'Anyone who does not |
| each area of your life. How one develops and | | | | take time to think of God.' In universal terms, anyone |
| maintains one's inner balance is the final key in | | | | who doesn't take time to nourish their spiritual |
| life-management. This is where the final myth lies. | | | | connection feels they have the most stressful job. |
| People designate career events as either stressful or | | | | So after some time, if all people can balance |
| not stressful. | | | | themselves and work according to their dharma or |
| The truth is that how one reacts to an event | | | | life purpose, we may be able to write an article |
| determines whether or not it causes stress. Let's | | | | entitled, 'Who has the best job.' This is my wish for |
| take an example. Our clients who begin eating timely | | | | you. |
| meals according to their dosha, take some brain | | | | Now, in 2009, job stress, or the stress from possibly |
| tonics, meditate a little bit each day, and maybe | | | | losing a job, or working two jobs to make ends |
| receive a shiro dhara spa treatment once or twice a | | | | meet, or even if a job is lost, the reality is the |
| month, find they become much calmer, clearer and | | | | economic situation is causing many to stress out. The |
| sharper. They become quite centered. As a result, | | | | principles of living in tune/living at natures pace, and |
| how they react to work situations dramatically | | | | walking on nature's path, will still protect - you may |
| changes for the better. | | | | need to take proactive steps to adjust to the |
| The same events that used to cause them stress no | | | | changing climate, but action will definitely help you |
| longer bother them. In fact, many situations that | | | | survive and thrive! |
| previously caused stress now become opportunities. | | | | Now we have a rare opportunity to create the life of |
| Ayurvedic Therapies | | | | our dreams, to align with natural law and be ready to |
| Herbal Brain Tonics: It is not the event that causes | | | | help others who are leaving this illusory economic |
| stress but how we are prepared internally/mentally | | | | usury model. The economy is crumbling because it is |
| to respond to these situations. Ayurvedic therapies | | | | off nature's path and it no longer can sustain itself. |
| help us in times of stress to return to or remain on | | | | Even as the main economic leaders, the Federal |
| our path of nature, our spiritual and life-purpose path. | | | | Reserve, and the politicians ignored the wise warnings |
| In terms of herbs Ayurveda suggest products that | | | | of a few true economic seers, they continue to |
| contain gotu kola (brahmi or centella asiatica), shank | | | | delude themselves and the masses that this situation |
| pushpi and ashwagandha. | | | | is going to be over in a few days or weeks. |
| For those with more severe mental and emotional | | | | Yet the same seers, like Jim Rogers and Peter Schiff, |
| stresses we suggest these same herbs in the form | | | | continue to share that this is a long term 7-10 year |
| of medicated nose drop oils (nasya). Medicated herbal | | | | adjustment. Spiritual seers add another dimension to |
| oils are more powerful than tablets. Further, taking | | | | this situation, explaining that the world, humans, |
| them through the nose immediately puts the herbs in | | | | systems, governments, environments, planets etc. |
| the bloodstream, and in the nearest vicinity of the | | | | are all undergoing major transformations, and only |
| brain. | | | | those who align with these natural transitions will be |
| Shiro dhara: or hot oil flow on the head is like taking a | | | | able to comfortably survive and even thrive. |
| month's vacation in just one hour. A person lies on a | | | | By following the Ayurveda therapies, examining your |
| massage table on their back. Warm oil mixed with | | | | life purpose, and following your intuition, and if |
| medicated herb oils appropriate for one's mental | | | | needed, consulting with the seers who can guide you |
| dosha are poured in a stream on the forehead, | | | | to self-sufficient living on nature's path, you can not |
| mainly targeting the area between the eyebrows | | | | only remove your unhealthy stress, but achieve your |
| (third eye/ajna Chakra). | | | | highest visions. |
| The reason for this is that all the nerves in the body | | | | In a future article, I will address in more detail, this |
| meet between the eyebrows, so when the oil | | | | economy, and how to move from survival to 'thrival'. |
| contacts this area, the entire nervous system gets | | | | If you would like mentoring, workshops, books, |
| massaged. This is such a profound state of relaxation | | | | herbs, courses to help guide you in this time, please |
| that even the immune system becomes extremely | | | | see my websites listed below. |
| relaxed. From this, the deepest life-stresses are | | | | Wishing you health & peace & paradise |
| released. Shiro dhara is so effective it is used to heal | | | | & JOY! |
| diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and other brain, nervous | | | | This article is for educational purposes only, and is not |
| and immune-system disorders. We have had clients | | | | intended to treat, diagnose or prescribe. It in no way |
| rid themselves of sciatica in just one session. | | | | is intended to substitute for care from duly licensed |
| Another client had severe pain from spinal | | | | health professionals. |