Lets face it we all need something to manage stress!

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Stress has been shown to

• Add fat to our bellies
• Cause aches and pains
• Shrink our brain
• Cause heart disease
• Unravel our chromosomes

 The last one makes me cringe.

I don’t know about you. But I don’t want anything to unravel stuff.

Over ONE THOUSAND scientific studies have showed how effective a meditative practice is for our well-being. Fortune 500 companies are introducing meditation into their board rooms. The US military is using it.

We encounter several hundred acute stress responses throughout the day that is wrecking havoc on our body.

Over 70% of hospitals visits are stress related.

It is estimated that America businesses lose 200 to 300 billion dollars a year by loosing valuable employees to stress related symptoms.

A twenty year study at the University of London said, “individuals who don’t manage their stress are at a higher risk of heart disease. Its estimated that stress amounts to 30% of all infertility problems. More people visit the doctors office for Anxiety then a cold.”

The word stress comes from the Latin word stringere meaning to “draw tight”.

Stress is not something we should put aside and say let’s think about this at a later date.

Stress indeed kills actual brain cells that may lead to a host of major illnesses later in life. It shrinks our brains and adds fat to our bellies and even changes our chromosomes.

Stressful events can leave scars that last for a lifetime.

Meditation is a way to combat it.

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