Stress

Be Aware - You may be Addicted to Stress

I have, up until recently, repeatedly used phrases such as "I don't have time to do ...." or "What a waste of time that would be" or "Give me a break ... how will I ever have the time." Yes, that's right, it was a habit with me. So was my automatic reaction. I would react in various ways and my mind would race thinking about all the things I have to do. I would raise my voice in conversation. I would make mistakes - perpetuating the cycle of lack of time. And ... more. All this contributed to stress. My body and mind were addicted to "the reaction" (automatic action) when I constantly referred to time as an enemy. Without my conscious knowledge my body craved the reactions it went through when I spoke negatively about time. My body was addicted to the reactions it went through.

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Conquering Stress

An Article titled Pressure Points: How One Man Conquered Extreme Stress by David Wilson was published in the Small Business Section of the Age Newspaper in Melbourne on the 10 November 2010.

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Improved Ability To Sleep (Overcoming Insomnia)

If our ability to sleep becomes disturbed, our health and emotional balance are affected resulting in physical fatigue, irritability and increased susceptibility to illness. Learn about how we develop sleeping disorders and how to overcome insomnia.

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Let Go Stress

A recent article by John-Roger about being part of the solution rather than the problem, when dealing with stress, sets the stage for today's E-Report. The article commenced "In today's world, high stress levels and violence are a big part of today's conversation. Everywhere we look, it seems there's another story about stress in the job, road rage, global warfare, or economic concerns. Yet these are not what most people really want in their lives or in the world. I often talk with friends and family about how to approach life with peace and calm. When life seems out of control, we need to identify ways to take care of ourselves and support ourselves. When we are supporting ourselves, we can become part of the solution in any situation we face rather than 'exploding' and being part of the problem."

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Managing Stress (Improving Relaxation)

Learn about the process of "fight or flight response" originates and how it affects your body and mind. This article will provide general understanding on topic of improving relaxation and stress management.

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Overcoming Anxiety & Fear

Learn about origins of Fear and Anxiety and how to over come this. We can all experience different fears and anxieties in many different ways, yet there is a common factor behind most of our fears or our anxiety - the way they are formed. Fear and Anxiety can be resolved.

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Reflection Time and Stress Release

Rush, rush …. Hurry, hurry ….. Job Stress! Work Stress! Bank Stress! Money Stress! Children Stress! Education Stress! Is this how life seems for you sometimes – will stress never end? Too many demands on your time and your brain is probably on overdrive. How can we slow down and smell the proverbial roses. Meditation is the key and once you become a devotee I guarantee it will change your life for the better. I’ve said before, and many have proven it to be true, that the benefits of even a short time meditating each day are cumulative – the more you do it the better you will feel, and the easier it will become.

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Some New Science About Stress

Many of you may have may have read or heard what we have all suspected for some time, 'Research Confirms Stress Makes You Sick' as reported in the Sydney Morning Herald on the 5 Dec 2005 and on the ABC Radio and as proven by two Australian Scientists at the Garvan Institute. I believe it is worth reproducing so here it is:-

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Stress - Will it Ever be Under Control?

Constant stress, fear, anger and negative thoughts take their toll on your mind, your body and those around you. You know that! Do you use the skills to handle it? The Fix ....

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Why Anxiousness Can Be a Habit

For a long time we have been hearing about the increase (or sometimes just the recognition) of depression in our society. In the Western World the number 1 cause of disability is depression. The 200th report by the National Institute of Mental Health, in the USA, says that the 5 anxiety disorders - general anxiety, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and phobias afflict approximately 3 times as many Americans aged 18 years or older as depression. Yes anxiety disorders are more prevalent than depression! Why? What is going on?

Relaxation

Story from M.N, Tas

Many thanks for a great weekend in Launceston. So many miracles/wonders have happened to me since then. I meditate daily—I’m so relaxed. My sleeping pattern has improved—I’m waking up so refreshed—yet I thought I was OK before the weekend. Once again, many thanks.

Release Stress

Story from M.S

I had a really stressful day at work recently – upsetting phone calls and interruptions and I had a report to get out. I remembered my Peaceful Place. Fantastic! It worked like magic. Focused concentration immediately and I easily handled four more annoying phone calls, each in 30 seconds. My work performance had increased.

Stress - Releasing

Story from V.R

I have to give many business presentations and my stress always came out as profuse and annoying perspiration. I am now in control of this situation and have no excessive perspiration before or during my presentations.

Stress - Releasing

Story from S.H

I write to both thank you and congratulate you for what you are doing to help so many people and for the manner in which your recent seminar was conducted. In the past I have been able to control my stress level fairly well but for the past 12 months it has been "out of control" mainly because of an extremely heavy workload. The result was physical and mental exhaustion. My goal was "to be able to relax at will" and with your guidance through the seminar I am well on the way to achieving this first goal. I have many other goals in mind, one is to pass the message on to as many as I can to read your books, listen to your tapes and attend your seminars. I have prepared a stress management session to run for my staff and nothing I have read or learned is as effective as your methods. I plan to purchase in bulk Piece of Mind and PP1 & 2 for each participant. Thank you sincerely and very best wishes for your continued success.

Stress - Releasing

Story from H.J

I was unable to access the Alpha State until I saw Sandy at the Mind Body & Spirit Festival and decided to attend his Seminar. Since then I can easily access Alpha and my PP. I had a great family tragedy which occurred 4 years ago which has caused ongoing depression and I can now "de-stress" and feel much better using the techniques.

Stress - Releasing

Story from S.H

It worked for me... so it can work for anybody...

I have participated in about 5 Stress Seminars over the last 20 years and none of them gave me the complete answer. Sandy, your PP relaxation technique was the missing piece of the jigsaw. On the basis that I am a very average, ordinary individual, with a practical outlook, who has worked under pressure and accordingly stress, most of my working life, if it worked for me, it should work for others (and it has).

Anxiety

Story from V.B. SA.

I find your CDs invaluable. I have the full set. I did the full weekend course with you last year. I now get up at 6 every morning in order to have time to go to my PP. My anxiety levels have dropped beautifully – it took about 3 months. I have used number 18 so much. I also want to buy my daughter CD number 18 (or maybe CD 20?) as she is pregnant with her first baby and doesn’t want to let any anxieties pass from her to her unborn baby.

Meditation for Sleep & Relaxation

Story from H.C. Qld

I mainly use the Inner Peace and Harmony CD almost every night when I wake up with my mind racing. It puts me back to sleep. I know it is not necessarily designed for that but that is what works for me.

Peaceful Place

Story from E.E. NZ

     Dear Sandy - You did a seminar many years ago in Wellington and I bought the tapes and a book for my daughter. She taught herself to find her peaceful place and she's used it ever since and so have I.
     A couple of years ago you came again and we were both extremely pleased to meet you at a seminar and we both bought tapes and books.
     We've been dealing with abusive patterns of behaviour which go back many generations.
     I am so overwhelmed at times that I forget my PP and when I consciously remember to do it things improve. And sometimes when I look back over the day and sort out what got me through it, I realise it's the PP kicking in of its own accord somehow. I learn't it well but I need to apply it more often.
     I do want to thank you for your dedication to sharing your experiences and learning with all of us and I hope to do more seminars with you either in Australia or in New Zealand in the future.

Inner Peace & Harmony

Story from B.N. NSW

Each day, in every way, my life gets better and better. Often it is only marginal, but that is better than going back into that awful abyss of before.

Thanks to you I now have a smile in my heart. Even at the end of a tough day (and there are many) I still have a smile in my heart, as well as on my face.

I am working slowly, but surely, towards MY goals and that feels so good. Each day I do the "Inner Peace and Harmony" meditation. I also do the "Making Sleep Easy and Useful" each night, that is also helping me BIG TIME.

Physically Releasing Anxiety

My daughter and I went to visit my folks in the country for Christmas, and that is what has prompted me to write.
    The relationship with my parents is not an easy one. We are very different. There is a cultural difference, and our spiritual beliefs are different. My mother is a very anxious person, who can be a bit like some sort of a wind up gadget that takes forever to unwind and stop. This often happens as a result of the build up of us coming to visit, as it did this Christmas.
    Mum's unwinding involves non-stop chatter, that can cover an incredible amount of subject matter, in a short space of time, to be followed by many more rounds. Over the last few years my father has lost some of his hearing and my mother now speaks louder, and with a "do you understand me" quality. One morning as I listened to one of my mother's unwinding rounds,  I felt my head booming, with that same feeling you get when your teenager's music booms with too much bass.
    As I thought I'd like to turn down the sound this booming effect was felt in my chest, and it shocked me to think that this could be the beginning of an anxiety attack, something I had never experienced before. For a split second I felt fear...and then - I went to my 'Peaceful Place,' and you know what ( and you probably do know) I was back to normal within seconds!
    It was amazing!!!! I have used my peaceful place many a time to stop verbal reactions for instance, as well as for meditation etc. but I've never had to use it, and never expected to use it for such a physical thing. Truly amazing. B.B. New South Wales

PP Benefits

Hi Sandy - Being at my PP involves the warmth of the sun's rays through my body. That feeling was the signal of arriving at the Alpha point. It is now becoming a source of healing. Grief can be a confronting and lonely place. Going to my PP has reminded me of the person I have lost, where emotions have overwhelmed me and I sob ... again. However I've discovered that quick trips to my PP through the course of the day, feeling the sun's warmth, is like having a small drink of water after an anaesthesia. Not only does it offer a sense of relief to a difficult reality, but the sips are getting more frequent and longer, without the accompanying guilt for wanting to feel better, and without the urge to cry. I'm beginning to find a reassurance in my PP, moments of peace, moments of warmth, of comfort, of healing, - my Peaceful Place BB, NSW

Anxiousness

I find your CDs invaluable. I have the full set. I did the full weekend course with you last year. I now get up at 6 every morning in order to have time to go to my PP. My anxiety levels have dropped beautifully – it took about 3 months. I have used number 18 so much. I also want to buy my daughter CD number 18 (or maybe CD 20?) as she is pregnant with her first baby and doesn’t want to let any anxieties pass from her to her unborn baby. VB, SA.

relaxation and response

Thank you for your latest report and birthday greetings Sandy.

For me the latest e-report was informative with the keywords compassion, gratitude and requests for our highest and best. I certainly am grateful for being introduced to your peaceful place concept all those years ago. It has set me on a path to be able to manage life challenges in a more suitable way for my mind and body. At the moment our farming community is under "siege" by mining exploration companies, and these relaxation and response skills definitely will assist us and particularly my husband as we make life changes decisions to leave our land that has been our home and bread and butter for so many years.

Always good to receive your newsletters. They always seem to be what is needed at the time. Thank you and deepest gratitude SG. QLD.

feel overwhelmed

My husband and I have since taken the lesson learned from Les (live your dreams and have no regrets) and immigrated to USA. It was a long and arduous process, but one that we navigated successfully due in large part to the skills learned in your seminar. When I would start to feel overwhelmed by the immigration process I would go to my PP (which is a cabin in the snow) and calm down right away. I was then able to think more clearly and complete the task at hand confidently. Going to my PP also kept our dream in the forefront of my mind. We wanted to move to America to live closer to nature in the mountains and the snow. For over a year now we have lived in a little red barn in a very rural part of USA about an hour away from the ski fields, and as I am typing this email it is a beautiful sunny day and there is around two feet of snow outside. I think I might walk up the hill in my back yard and go sledding today!
My life is a dream. Kindest regards V.P. USA

understanding of how my mind works

I still use my Peaceful Place and find it really helpful especially when the worries or stress of life becomes too much. I especially enjoy your monthly Mind Matters News Reports - so lovely and calming and these give me something up-to-date to send any friend who may be interested in learning your Life Skills, this happens occasionally. I always use your CDs when I meditate, they are GREAT!! just so valuable to me. I know I must not become stressed as every time this happens the words I want to say flash away from my mind and if I then when go to my PP and calm myself down everything I need to say returns. I can honestly say you have the best Seminar and teachings I have ever learnt they have given me an understanding of how my mind works and an understanding of its behaviour wanting to get me back where I was before, stressed and worried. I can now see what it is up to! If my mind wins again for a while I will soon correct it by meditating and telling myself how my mind is sabotaging me. All the best for the wonderful work you do. And THANK YOU!! C.W. NSW

before I start my drive home

Yes I use my PP often, usually at the end of a busy and somewhat stressful day at work. I just sit in my car and take myself off for a few minutes before I start my drive home. I think of you often and even though it is a while now since I did your course in Sydney, the benefits have been wonderful. You were such an inspiration to listen to and I indeed took so much from your course. I hope all is good in your life as well. C.L. NSW

The book was handed on

I did your course in 1991 during a stressful period of my life (we were trying to conceive and entering the IVF programme). I found it very helpful and conceived shortly after!

I used the tapes on and off for years and re read the book a few times. The book was handed on to a needy colleague many years ago and was returned to me only last year with many thanks.
The tapes were lost and of course, no one uses tapes any more.
I am in need of a ‘refresher’ so thought it best to down load the meditations. CM NSW

From a Psychologist

The “peaceful place” is a great tool for people who have attempted to calm the mind through meditation but find their mind continues to “race”. The detailed imaginative technique gives you the tool to go “somewhere” and to place your attention on that space.
The technique may provide relief for people who have difficulty with anger or are experiencing high levels of stress or sadness. It will complement most therapies and provides a potential coping strategy for anyone who feels overwhelmed. This is from a Psychologist, SE NSW, working with Laurence Toltz in promoting the book and cds we did together called "Your Peaceful Place".

right through my degree

I first did the two day CALM seminar in 1995 at a venue in Willoughby? St Leonards? Crows Nest? – anyway, somewhere in that vicinity. I was doing a law degree at the time and not coping. The techniques you taught me helped enormously and I continued to use them right through my degree. I was 39 then and I’m just turning 60 now, and I still use the Guided Imagery/Peaceful Place cassette and also the instrumental only version which I have since bought on CD. I also still use the same ‘peaceful place’ which I ‘built’ at that seminar all those years ago. CS, NSW.

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Some days I've found myself at high levels of stress without realising it was happening, and I find the 30 second technique is not enough to release it. What can I do?

Some days I've found myself at high levels of stress without realising it was happening, and I find the 30 second technique is not enough to release it. What can I do

If you find yourself at a very high level of stress (anxiety) it will take longer – maybe 10 to 20 minutes – to bring yourself down to desired levels. A meditation will really help (PP5 - Meditation) If you find yourself already well above your stress limit, start using porpoising (going in and out of your Peaceful Place quickly) immediately to stabilise the level until you can get the 10 to 20 minutes you need to bring your stresses back down. If you suspect the day may be a tough one, start using the 30 second technique early on so the level doesn't get a chance to climb! Every time you go to your PP you release a little bit of stress - and that releasing is cumulative.

Stress

Be Aware - You may be Addicted to Stress

Conquering Stress

Improved Ability To Sleep (Overcoming Insomnia)

Let Go Stress

Managing Stress (Improving Relaxation)

Overcoming Anxiety & Fear

Reflection Time and Stress Release

Some New Science About Stress

Stress - Will it Ever be Under Control?

Why Anxiousness Can Be a Habit

Relaxation

Story from M.N, Tas

Release Stress

Story from M.S

Stress - Releasing

Story from V.R

Stress - Releasing

Story from S.H

Stress - Releasing

Story from H.J

Stress - Releasing

Story from S.H

Anxiety

Meditation for Sleep & Relaxation

Peaceful Place

Inner Peace & Harmony

Physically Releasing Anxiety

PP Benefits

Anxiousness

relaxation and response

feel overwhelmed

understanding of how my mind works

before I start my drive home

The book was handed on

From a Psychologist

right through my degree

Some days I've found myself at high levels of stress without realising it was happening, and I find the 30 second technique is not enough to release it. What can I do?

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