Eastern and Western practices of stress management

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BYRajavignesh.v

Eastern

Stress management practices followed in eastern countries are as follows:

1.Yoga

2.Mindfulness meditation

3.Tai chi

4.Aromatherapy

1. Yoga: A Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline, a part of which,

including breath control, simple meditation, and the adoption of specific bodily postures, is widely practised for health and relaxation

2. Mindfulness Meditation: Mindfulness as a practice is described as: "Mindfulness is a way of paying attention that originated in Eastern meditation practices. "Paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally" "Bringing one's complete attention to the present experience on a moment-to-moment basis"

3. Tai Chi: Tai chi is an ancient Chinese tradition that, today, is practiced as a graceful form of exercise. It involves a series of movements performed in a slow, focused manner and accompanied by deep breathing.

4. Aromatherapy: Aromatherapy is the practice of using the natural oils extracted from flowers, bark, stems, leaves, roots or other parts of a plant to enhance psychological and physical well-being. The inhaled aroma from these "essential" oils is widely believed to stimulate brain function

Western

The most common techniques used in the western worlds are as follows:

1.Biofeedback

2.Guided Visual Imagery

3.Progressive Muscle Relaxation

4.Transcendental Meditation

1. Biofeedback The use of electronic monitoring of a normally automatic bodily

function in order to train someone to acquire voluntary control of that function.

2. Guided Visual Imagery Guided imagery is a mind-body intervention by which a trained practitioner or teacher helps a participant or patient to evoke and generate mental images[1] that simulate or re-create the sensory perception[2] of sights,[3][4] sounds,[5] tastes,[6] smells,[7] movements,[8] and images associated with touch, such as texture, temperature, and pressure,[9] as well as imaginative or mental content that the participant or patient experiences as defying conventional sensory categories,[10]

and that may precipitate strong emotions orfeelings[11][12][13] in the absence of the stimuli to which correlating sensory receptors are receptive

3. Progressive Muscle Relaxation: Progressive muscle relaxation is a technique for learning to monitor and control the state of muscular tension. It was developed by American physician Edmund Jacobson in the early 1920s. Dr Jacobson wrote several books on the subject of Progressive Relaxation

4. Transcendental meditation: It is a simple, natural, effortless mental technique for self-development that is practised for 15-20 min twice daily while sitting comfortable with the eyes closed.