MANAGING STRESS AND TENSION
High stress or Beta Brainwave states are exemplified by an excess of
physical tension, emotional anxiety, and mental confusion. High stress
can completely
paralyze
your learning. Stress will not only rob
you of
your
peak performance
states,
but eventually of your physical and emotional health as well.
When we are highly stressed we have access only to the animal part of our brains, as fight or flight survival is more important that the human qualities of intelligence, creativity, memory, or compassion. We are stuck in a black or white, right or wrong, either/or mentality, reacting to stimulus with an auto-pilot knee-jerk reaction. As we release the stress and move into Alpha, we have access to the human part of our brain (the neo-cortex) and the ability to choose even tempered, well reasoned responses, instead of being stuck with only knee-jerk reactions.
Using the Alpha Brainwave state as a "hole in the top of the tea kettle of life", you can effectively let go of all of your excess stress in just seconds. In Alpha, you will accelerate your learning, improve your performance, and perhaps add years of health and well-being to your life.