Is Human Touch The Ultimate Stress Therapy?
The reaction we have to stress is normal and is an
integral part of our anatomy and physiology. It’s nature’s way of
protecting us against danger and threat. And once that threat has passed,
your body will gradually unwind the ‘stress response’ with the ‘relaxation
response’.
The problem is, we often don’t give it time to happen.
One of the best ways to help this process is through the power of human
touch. And the most effective way to receive it is sex and intimacy with a
partner. It should be the ultimate human touch therapy but often creates
stress instead of releasing it.
The way to overcome this is to release our attachment to performance,
embarrassment and other hang-ups, and simply ‘let go’. The sensitive touch
of your skin is a very powerful stress release technique. All activities
with a natural human touch are natural relaxers.
Best-selling autor, Michael Webb, has
500 lovemaking tips
and ideas to increase passion and intimacy through great sex, also
featured on Oprah.
It’s no surprise that human stories always touch us the most. It’s
built-in to our psyche. We have a physiological reaction and emotional
reaction to anything that touches us both physically and emotionally. We
can use this to release stress.
Try watching a sad movie and allow yourself to cry. It’s very cathartic
and something that women are more willing to do than men. Download the
latest sad movie to your PC and watch it in privacy. With over 80 million
movies to choose from, try
shared movies.
Probably the most effective human touch technique that’s accessible to
everyone is massage. It’s been around for thousands of years and with good
reason because it works so well. Massage is fantastic at releasing muscle
tension and achieving deep relaxation – the unwinding of the stress
response.
So, are you getting your human touches?
If you cannot find a masseur and nobody is offering, try self massage.
It’s not as good as when someone else does it, but it’s still effective.
Think about how you can get what you need. Massage, self massage, movies,
intimacy with no expectation. All techniques are valuable and can be used
regularly to help release stress through human touch.
Make sure you use them.
Check out a new report, just released - "A
step-by-step guide to beating stress", which includes, what happens to
your body, situations to avoid, 15 instant stress busters, 13 stress
management strategies and creating a plan of action.
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