1. Living in Balanceby Dr. Barry D. Caudill Presentation by: Jennifer K. Laney

2. Metabolism The physical and chemical processes in which an organism by its material substance is produced maintained, destroyed, and energy is made available. Muscle tension decreases. Meditation Continued or extended thought; reflection; contemplation. Allows you to create a state of deep relaxation. Helps heal the entire body. Meditation vs. metabolism

3. Repetitive some thing you do frequent, perpetual, persistent, recurrent, relentless, repeated, steady, unbroken, unceasing. Two types of relaxation through repetitive method-Focusing and Meditation.

5. Focus all your attention on this object.

6. Inhale and exhale slowly for two minutes.

7. Stay focused on object tension should become diminished.Focusing

9. Close your eyes

10. Focus all your attention on breathing. Breath deeply, slowly. Become aware of you chest and abdomen moving.

11. As you inhale say, “Peace” draw out the pronunciation that last your entire breath. P E E E A A A C C C E EE

12. As you exhale say “Calm” in the same manor. C A AA L LL M MM.

13. Continue until you feel relaxed or anger passes.Meditation

14. Grounding Style works for people who often feel disorganized. It helps you to gain concentration to make it through a day so daily task can be accomplished. Type of grounding: Oak Tree – You feel strong, confident, able to handle any situation.

16. Rest your arms to your sides

17. Close your eyes and breath deeply, slowly, and relaxed

18. Visualize your body strong like a tree

19. your body is solid like a tree trunk

22. Allow your arms to rest by your sides, palms down on the surface next to you

23. Raise just the right hand and arm about six inches off of the surface

24. Keep elevated for 15 seconds

25. Let your arm dropdown and relax

26. As you lay there repeat this process to any parts of the body you feel are tense, tight, or soreDiscovering Muscle Tension

28. Allow your arms to rest by your sides, palms down on the surface next to you

29. Inhale and Exhale slowly and deeply

30. Clench your hands and fist tightly. Fold for 15 seconds

31. Visualize relaxing them and feeling the tension leaving you body

34. Breath slowly and deeply.

35. Create a mental picture of the situation. Use color, faces, lighting, and positioning. Make it big.

36. Now slowly start shrinking the mental picture. Shrink it until it becomes small enough to hold in your hand.

37. If it is a voice or sound hear it getting softer –so weak it is a whisper or weak sound.Shrinking Stress

39. Breath slowly and deeply.

40. Create a mental picture of the situation. Use color, faces, lighting, and positioning. Make it big.

41. Imagine an eraser is in your hand. Feel it. See it.

42. Start rubbing the eraser over the problem.

43. Rub until the situation is gone.

44. Enjoy the moment.

45. Continue to deep breath for at least one minute in your happy place.Erasing Stress

46. Many of our anxieties come from our inner child not our adult selves. We need to know which problems in our lives come from child hood fears, traumas, and experiences. These unresolved problems cause additional stress in issues that other adults my not consider so stressful. Healing the Inner Child

48. Breath slowly and deeply.

49. Where is your inner child hiding? Find it by assessing your body, where do you feel most tense-abdomen, chest, etc.

50. Identify the inner child: What does your inner child look like? What is the child wearing? How old is the child? How does the child feel?

51. Let the inner child’s feeling flow through your body and empty them into a container. As the container fills notice how you feel.

52. Now seal the container

53. Replace your inner child with peace and healing.Healing the Inner Child

55. I listen to my body.

56. I have total confidence in myself.

57. I love and honor myself.

58. I feel radiant with an abundance of energy.

59. I will listen to those who support and nurture me.

60. I can handle stress.

61. I am calm and relaxed.

62. I deserve to feel good now.

63. My muscles are relaxed and comfortable.

64. I am thankful for all positive things in my life.

65. My body is healthy and strong.Affirmations provide a method to change negative belief in to positive- peaceful belief

66. Your state of emotional and physical health is determined by thousands of mental messages you create with in yourself with every day thoughts. You can help control how you feel and improve your self confidence and health by practicing at least one of these methods daily. Conclusion