Fighting chronic stress. It’s possible in Nolay

What is stress?

It's not a feeling.
It is the second function of the brain that is triggered when we are in danger.
It is vital.
Robert Sapolsky says a sentence that I like: "For a normal mammal, stress is 3 minutes of terror in the Savannah. Afterwards, either he gets out, he's dead. But in both cases, the stress has gone back down to zero%."

 

-And what is chronic stress then?

This is when stress remains in control. We don't go back down to 0%. Our brain remains on alert for subjective danger, in reaction to fears born during the first 25 years of our life. This is called our developmental history.
And being on alert all the time is exhausting and damaging to your health.

- So what is the first boss of our brain?

It's the psyche. It makes sure that everything works well within us. Language, concentration, sleep, nutrition, memory, heart rate, blood pressure, internal temperature ... and so much more. So many functions that our psyche must manage 24/7. But these two bosses are antagonistic.

- So the psyche is when everything is going well and stress is when we have to react to dangers?

Yes! It's natural.

- And stress becomes chronic when the danger is not real but still scares us?

Yes, that's it! And it has become normal because stress is so daily.

- If chronic stress is damaging, how do we know?

We understand this when certain functions are impacted, such as, for example,
- we nibble on junk food,
- we sleep badly,
- we are tired,
- we lack motivation,
- we suffer from anxiety attacks,
- we feel like we are hyper-emotional,
- we have chronic pain which can be very disabling,
- we develop skin problems,
- we sit in front of a screen to "empty our heads"
- …. A whole multitude of symptoms, more or less intense.

- Can we stop this destructive circle?

Yes, of course, the workshops that I offer here at Esprit d'un Moment have this purpose: explanations and concrete tools to end the toxic circle of chronic stress:
 

- Specific back massage for women and well-being massage to relieve pain and relax.

- LSC®* meditation to learn to concentrate, breathe and relax.



- MD therapy to attack chronic stress at the source.


There is nothing magical about these workshops, no belief or spirituality. Just biology. And it is because it is biological that it works.

*LSC®: Fight against chronic stress