| The powerful way to use biofeedback at
| |
| | thermometer to the middle of one of your
|
| home!Temperature Training - Home
| |
| | index fingers. Wait 1-2 minutes and
|
| BiofeedbackThe primitive survival
| |
| | determine the temperature of the skin
|
| mechanism known as the "Fight/Flight"
| |
| | over the middle of this finger. It will
|
| response is built in to every human. It
| |
| | range from 65 degrees to up to 97
|
| responds to fear/danger from everything
| |
| | degrees. (A cool room will generally give
|
| from life threatening situations to the
| |
| | lower readings.) By practicing: breathing
|
| alarm going off in the morning. Every
| |
| | techniques, Autogenic Training, guided
|
| human has a habitual response to stress
| |
| | relaxations, visualizations, meditations,
|
| that is either learned or genetically
| |
| | self-hypnosis, etc. you can learn to let
|
| implanted. In a real life or death
| |
| | go of stress and then raise your hand
|
| situation almost all of this response
| |
| | temperature. Ideally, you would like to
|
| will be trigger by survival to help you
| |
| | be able to warm your hands to 93-95+
|
| to fight off or flee this danger.Since
| |
| | degrees. This can take some time and
|
| awareness is half the battle in
| |
| | practice, often 8-12 weeks. Usually, if
|
| controlling stress, you must learn to be
| |
| | you are practicing 1-3 times per day, you
|
| aware of how you respond to stress.
| |
| | will find increases in hand temperatures
|
| Remember, you have a unique response. It
| |
| | within 4-6 weeks, occasionally sooner. In
|
| may include:1. Increased heart rate. This
| |
| | fact, many people find there hand
|
| pumps blood around the body to get oxygen
| |
| | temperature dropping in the first few
|
| and sugars to the cells that you will
| |
| | weeks. If this is happening, you may be
|
| need to use to survive. Symptoms that can
| |
| | trying too hard to relax! This is not
|
| be associated with this stress response
| |
| | bad. It means you have good control, but
|
| might include: Rapid or irregular
| |
| | just not in the right direction. This can
|
| heartbeats2. Breathing usually becomes
| |
| | take time and practice. You want to try
|
| more rapid. To get more oxygen into the
| |
| | temperature training in a warmer room, in
|
| body. Symptoms that can be associated
| |
| | the beginning. Or you may want to warm
|
| with this stress response might include:
| |
| | your hands by placing them in warm water
|
| hyperventilation and some forms of
| |
| | (remove thermometer first,) holding them
|
| asthma3. Stress hormones are released.
| |
| | up to source of heat, or even in the sun
|
| Adrenaline, also called epinephrine, is
| |
| | light. This mechanical warming can assist
|
| released by the adrenal glands. This
| |
| | you in learning to let go of constricted
|
| hormone helps to maintain increased heart
| |
| | blood flow and so to be able to warm your
|
| rates and will tell the liver to release
| |
| | hands mentally.After mastering raising
|
| stored sugar for energy to the body.
| |
| | the hand temperature, consistently, to
|
| Other stress hormones do other thing.
| |
| | 93-95 degrees, you will want to learn to
|
| Noradrenaline is associated with anger
| |
| | warm your feet to 90 degrees. This is
|
| and will raise blood pressure for most
| |
| | usually more challenging, but will
|
| people. Symptoms that can be associated
| |
| | usually be the key to lowering blood
|
| with this stress response might include:
| |
| | pressure, controlling panic/anxiety,
|
| high blood pressure, panic or anxiety4.
| |
| | preventing migraines, etc.
|
| Blood pressure can go up. Triggered by
| |
| | The key will be to tape the thermometer
|
| released stress hormones. Symptoms that
| |
| | to the ball of your foot, at the base of
|
| can be associated with this stress
| |
| | one of your big toes. By practicing the
|
| response might include: high blood
| |
| | relaxations and learning to let go of
|
| pressure5. Changes in blood flow
| |
| | stress, you can get your temperature to
|
| circulation. Blood is directed toward the
| |
| | move up to about 90 degrees. When you
|
| brain and major muscles for survival.
| |
| | have mastered this and can get your feet
|
| Blood is directed away from surface of
| |
| | to consistently warm to this level, you
|
| skin in hands and feet (for survival a
| |
| | will see reduction of stress related
|
| primitive response so you do not bleed to
| |
| | symptoms. Warming the lower extremities,
|
| death if you get cut running away or
| |
| | though difficult, is very important to
|
| fighting for your life.) Blood is
| |
| | developing this process of control. Using
|
| directed away from digestive organ and
| |
| | these skills regularly will aid in
|
| reproductive organ because for survival
| |
| | prevention of the stress related
|
| it becomes a low priority to digest food
| |
| | symptoms.Like learning to ride a bicycle,
|
| or keep the species alive if you are
| |
| | you will never forget how do this new
|
| threatened. Symptoms that can be
| |
| | skill. You may get rusty and need
|
| associated with this stress response
| |
| | practice, but your body will have a new,
|
| might include: high blood pressure, cold
| |
| | healthy skill, forever!Remember everyone
|
| hands and feet, upset stomach, migraine
| |
| | holds their tension in one or more
|
| headaches, pre-ulcerous/ulcerous
| |
| | system. You need to identify which
|
| conditions, increased colitis, sometimes
| |
| | systems respond when you get stressed and
|
| constipation, and 70% of sexual
| |
| | then learn to release this physical
|
| dysfunction in both men and women can be
| |
| | tension. It takes time and motivated
|
| linked to this stress response.It is this
| |
| | practice to learn to let go but the
|
| stress response that Temperature Training
| |
| | results in enhanced quality of life and
|
| Biofeedback is designed to control.By
| |
| | increased productivity are worth the
|
| learning to warm the extremities, the
| |
| | effort.Learn more about how temperature
|
| hands and then the feet, you can learn
| |
| | training fits into programs to control
|
| the skills necessary to prevent or at
| |
| | symptoms such as:
|
| least, minimize symptoms of stress that
| |
| | High Blood Pressure
|
| manifest, such as:
| |
| | Panic/Anxiety
|
|
| |
| | Digestive Disorders
|
| Stress caused or Situational High Blood
| |
| | at the Stress Education Center's
|
| Pressure
| |
| | website's Article pages: luck and good
|
|
| |
| | health!For information, audio stress
|
| Rapid or irregular heart rates
| |
| | management tapes, books, online stress
|
|
| |
| | management courses (a thermometer and
|
| Migraine Headaches
| |
| | audio tapes are included in the materials
|
|
| |
| | for this program), or coaching contact L.
|
| Panic and Anxiety
| |
| | John Mason, Ph.D. through the Stress
|
|
| |
| | Education Center.Stress Education Center
|
| Many Digestive symptoms
| |
| | (707) 795-2228 website: John Mason,
|
|
| |
| | Ph.D. is the author of the best selling
|
| Raynaud's Syndrome
| |
| | "Guide to Stress Reduction." Since 1977,
|
|
| |
| | he has offered Executive Coaching and
|
| Many symptoms of Sexual Dysfunction
| |
| | Training.Please visit the Stress
|
| including infertility, impotence, and
| |
| | Education Center's website at for
|
| lower libido
| |
| | articles, guide relaxation CD's, free
|
| How to use Home Temperature Training
| |
| | ezine signup, and learn about the new
|
| BiofeedbackYou can use a simple
| |
| | telecourses that are available.If you are
|
| thermometer (that registers from 60-100
| |
| | looking to promote your training or
|
| degree Fahrenheit) (costs $.50 - $1.00),
| |
| | coaching career, please investigate the
|
| stress dots ( or stress card, or a
| |
| | Professional Stress Management Training
|
| biofeedback temperature trainer (more
| |
| | and Certification Program for a secondary
|
| expensive.) You usually begin by loosely
| |
| | source of income or as career path.
|
| taping the thermister or simple
| |
| |
|
