Stress Management

The pace of modern life is accelerating and stress levels are rising to unprecedented levels.  The pandemic is adding to the already high stress levels. You feel little or no stress when you have the time, experience and resources to deal with a situation. When you perceive that the demands exceed resources, you are likely to experience stress. It is not an inevitable consequence of an event or a situation; it depends upon perception and the ability to cope with the resultant stress.  The common strategy of taking a break appears to work well till you get back to work and confront the same (or similar) situation, often with a bigger pile of ‘things to do’.

Stress is the ‘mind-body response’ to a perceived threat and releases stress hormones to prepare you for fight-or-flight. Such response is critical for survival in the face of physical danger but quite inappropriate when you are dealing with the stressors of modern life. Unmanaged (chronic) stress undermines all aspects of your life - physical, vital, emotional and mental wellbeing. Recent research reveals that chronic stress damages the epigenetic layer of genes that not only accelerates the aging process but could also be passed on to the future generations. 

While certain levels of stress could be helpful, when stress exceeds your threshold, your productivity and quality of life would be impaired. Scientifically validated Yoga based tools and techniques help in managing chronic as well as acute stress. Practicing the tools and techniques helps you to do your best even in unfavorable situations and circumstances, develop resilience to perform to your full potential. Managing stress is akin to removing weeds in the garden. We offer a Stress Management Program to develop the skills you need to effectively manage stress.

"We have thousand different diagnoses. It is all stress. If you put enough stress, the weakest link breaks” Dr. Ben Johnson

"Stress management is the most important and most robust benefit you can get from yoga, and it is the ultimate crossover benefit, affecting both your mind and your body in multiple ways" Harvard Medical School Special report

"Go slow to go fast. We live as though there aren't enough hours in a day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully, we can get it done much quicker and with much less stress" Viggo Mortensen

"Stress is the trash of modern life – we all generate it but if you don’t dispose of it properly, it will pile up and overtake your life." Danzae Pace

"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”  William James

“The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.” Sydney J. Harris

"There is more to life than increasing its speed" Mahatma Gandhi

"It is a lack of mental and emotional self-regulation that often characterizes stress, anxiety and overwhelm" Dr. Rollin McCraty