Can you easily quiet your mind and try to relax? Oh yes you can.

Let me explain:

I was on a radio show the other day. The discussion centered on the ability to relax in your daily hectic schedule. The radio host indicated that he tries to “still his mind” but before he knows it his mind wanders. So he has been trying for awhile to quiet the mind.

He knows he needs to stop, take a break and relax, that’s why he keeps on trying. But he is not making any progress. So he ends up in this endless loop where stress relief does not exist.

His frustration is so stressful that he stopped trying to find time to take a break. Sooner or later he will find time to take a break or the health consequences of not taking a break will force him to stop and slow down. Whatever mindset got the radio host to where he is today is no longer working.

Yes you guess it he needs to change his mindset about relaxation and enjoying stress relief.

The radio host has two challenges about relaxation:

His first challenge about relaxation

The first challenge is that he is attempting to bite off more than he can chew. What that means is that the ability to quite the mind is a very difficult undertaking without a competent facilitator. He can keep on trying to quiet the mind and continue to fall flat on his face or get a meditation coach and cut down the learning curve.

The radio host needs to first learn how to relax anywhere anytime. Then it would be much easier to cross over the bridge to meditation and learn how to quite the mind.

His second challenge about relaxation

He needs to incorporate ways of relaxing during his busy daily schedule for himself. These activities need to be like appointments for him. These relaxation breaks need to be simple enough so that he can always take them without creating more stress.

1. Take a 15 minute walk at lunch each day.

2. Sit on a park bench for 10 minutes and listen to the sounds of nature.

3. After work each day go for a 30 minute walk in the park.

4. Play a game of squash or racket ball during lunch or after work

So what is the moral of the story?

If you are trying to relax and quiet the mind and you discover you are still getting the same stressful results, it time to change. So you can continue to struggle and suffer the painful health consequences or seek help from a competent professional and enjoy stress relief.

Cecil McIntosh, The EYC™ Stress Circuit Breaker with 14 years of experience helping Entrepreneurs like you, stay focused, get more done and find more time, so that you can live in the moment. He is a published author of many audio Relaxation Programs using accelerated learning approaches and a Teacher, NLP Trainer and Coach. You can reach Cecil at cecil.mcintosh@gmail.com

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Can meditation get you stress relief from a molar root canal? Maybe, Maybe not

Have you ever thought that you could experience stress relief by going to the dentist? Today let me share with you my story of getting stress relief from going to thedentist.

Here is my story

Two weeks ago I left home to go for a walk. As I was walking I noticed a feeling of
discomfort in one of my teeth. I decided to drop in to see my dentist and check out my concern.

The appointment

Without an appointment, my dentist saw me. He took an x-ray and then told me that the x-ray results indicated that I needed to have a molar root canal to fix the problem. (My dentist had flagged this tooth previously so he was not surprised at the results.)

Two weeks waiting period for a root canal extraction

That’s the good news. The bad news was that I would have to wait two weeks before I could have another appointment. The dentist offered to write me a prescription because he thought that I would need something to help with the pain.

He believed that if I did not take the medication my face might swell up like a balloon. I told him “I beg to differ” and refused to take the prescription.

Fast forward to the day of my dental appointment two weeks later

As I was sitting in the dentist’s chair, he asked me about taking the medication (remember, no medication equals face swelling up). Some people believe in allopathy. I will
explain that later.

Taken no pain medication for stress relief

I looked lovingly into my dentist’s eyes and told him he was a good dentist and he should stick to what he is good at. I also reminded him that I teach meditation and I am also good at what I do, so let’s not cross the line (I had not taken any pain medication for two weeks and was in no discomfort).

The two hour dental operation

While my dentist was performing the two hour operation I went into a deep meditation.When I went home from the dentist my partner and my daughter wondered how I was feeling. Because of the deep meditation there was no pain or discomfort.

I actually taught my regular Wednesday night meditation class that evening and my students could not believe that I was comfortable teaching and enjoying stress relief.

One of my students asked about the pain associated with the freezing when it wore off.
The deep meditation I had done while sitting in the dentist’s chair took care of the pain of the discomfort when the freezing wore off.

I had promised earlier to tell you about the word allopathy.

An allopathic is someone who believes in treating the symptoms of pain rather than the
cause thus the “have pains take a pill” mentality. When you practice meditation your learn how to embrace pain rather than pushing it away.

So what is the moral of the story?

Going to the dentist is mind over matter in the context of meditation. Your can fight the pain and create greater discomfort, take medication, or you can embrace the pain through meditation and enjoy profound stress relief.

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Cecil McIntosh, The EYC™ Stress Relaxation Expert with 14 years of experience helping Entrepreneurs like you, stay focused, get more done and find more time, so that you can live in the moment. He is a published author of many audio Relaxation Programs using accelerated learning approaches and a Teacher, NLP Trainer and Coach. You can reach Cecil at cecil.mcintosh@gmail.com

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Meditation or medication can get you stress relief especially from sleepless nights.
Mary used to meditate and enjoy stress relief but now she has issues sleeping at night.

When Mary came to see me, she thought she had stressful issues with her family and her work. She did have stressful situations in her life. However her desire for stress relief was clouded by another issue.

Let me explain.

Mary used to be able to get a good night’s sleep. I explored with her the real point in time when she stopped enjoying having stress relief and a good night’s sleep. Mary
revealed that she stopped enjoying a good night’s sleep when she stopped listening to her meditation CD’s.

Stop listening to her meditation CD’s

Mary stopped listening to her meditation CD’s when she broke her CD player. She also could not be bothered spending $70.00 (what Mary wanted to spend) on a new CD player in order to enjoy stress relief. Mary also acknowledged that she could have played her meditation CD’s on her laptop computer or DVD player.

Meditation or medication

So instead of going to the doctor (as Mary did) to increase her medication to help her
sleep at night and enjoy stress relief, all she had to do was to buy a CD player for $70.00.

So what is the moral of the story?

You can find excuses for everything in life. The truth is that the solution to life’s problems, are usually very simple. When you find the time to meditate, so that you can stop and listen to your fog (answers) then you will begin to enjoy stress relief.

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reserved by Change Perspective and Empty Your Cup®. Other bloggers and journalists are allowed to excerpt and ink to posts (as is common with bloggers,) as full credit/attribution is given to Empty Your cup.com/Stress Relief Blog.com and Change Perspective. Other bloggers and journalists are allowed to excerpt and link to posts as is common with bloggers,)as full credit/attribution is given to Empty Your Cup.com/Stress Relief Blog.com and Change Perspective.

Cecil McIntosh, The EYC™ Stress Relaxation Expert with 14 years of experience helping Entrepreneurs like you, stay focused, get more done and find more time, so that you can live in the moment. He is a published author of many audio Relaxation Programs using accelerated learning approaches and a Teacher, NLP Trainer and Coach. You can reach Cecil at cecil.mcintosh@gmail.com

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Staying focused on mad voices can get you stress relief when you discover that mad voices are the answer to your prayers. Mary was looking for stress relief but all she could hear were mad voices.

Let me explain.

These voices over the years became louder and louder. Mary thought that these voices she heard were evil enemies that came to destroy her.

Regular Meditation