Stress Test
Stress Test
Scoring – 1 point for each 'YES' answer
1. Eat fast food often or neglect your diet?
2. Often feel restless or agitated?
3. Sweat more than normal?
4. Frequently 'blow up'?
5. Constantly worry about things that could go wrong?
6. Find it hard to see the humour in situations?
7. Often notice you have a dry mouth?
8. Find it difficult to make decisions?
9. Have tense/tight/painful muscles?
10. Suffer from digestive problems (wind, bloating, constipation, diarrhoea)?
11. Bottle up problems and keep them to yourself?
12. Often feel exhausted during the day?
13. Have a 'tight chest' or shallow breathing?
14. Find it hard to take time out?
15. Suffer frequently from headaches?
16. Get panic attacks?
17. Often come down with colds and other infections?
18. Have to get everything 'right' or do everything yourself
19. Find it hard to switch off from work?
20. Have poor concentration?
21. Find it hard to make time for people close to you?
22. Sleep poorly?
23. Find you are irritable and impatient?
24. Notice that you smoke/drink or use sleeping aids more than you used to?
Rating: If you scored 10 or more then it is likely that you are suffering from 'Stress' and you need to take steps to restore balance to your life.
These scores are indicative only.
The Mechanics of Stress Sustained levels can eventually lead to a host of serious metabolic disorders, from hypertension to cardiac disease.
Cortisol and adrenalin are hormones that are released in the body as a result of stress. Sustained high levels of these 'stress hormones:
Every time you practice yoga you automatically sync up with a larger rhythm.
Yoga practice aims to re-set our physical, mental and emotional rhythms to their natural state. We experience this resonance as a spiritual experience, and drinking often from the fountain of yoga practice can make this available to you more and more. The inner life of the soul becomes as familiar, real, and tangible as our body, thoughts, or feelings, and with this awareness our life becomes deeply enriched.
We never know who will follow us! This is part of an ancient path going from Cusco, Peru to Machu Picchu.
