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In this Section we present to you the main
points of our special package on Stress Management, which has been
developed by Swami Atmananda. We call it Holistic Stress Management
Package. The basic thrust of the package is as per the approach of
Bhagwad Gita. Here we just present the basic & broad framework of the
topics and the thrust of approach. They reveal the basis on which the
problem is dealt with. The details of each point is explained &
elaborated personally by Swamiji in his special Workshops.
In all, the package has Ten Points,
which for convenience sake have been divided into three parts :
1. First Aid,
2. Capacity Building, and
3. Rooting out the Problem.
A. FIRST AID :
1. Before facing the situation:
Maintain a good, health & balanced life;
Charge your mind with positive thoughts &
emotions;
Choose your work field as per your
disposition & capacities;
Know your stress symptoms & stressors
2. After facing the situation
Don't lose your calm - accept the situation
as a challenge;
Remember - there is a silver lining in every
cloud;
If the situation is too much for you, be
patient & remember - even this will pass away.
Avoid taking important decisions till you
regain your equipoise;
Learn to say ‘No’ to intoxicants - they dull
your intellect;
Take a break & learn to switch off for a
while.
B. CAPACITY
BUILDING :
3. Pravritti - way to emotional release &
intense living
Workouts
Games & Sports
Music, Dance
Love life
Travel
Laughing &
Hobbies
4. Nivritti - Learn to 'let go' & relax
Proper sleep
Good health - Yoga, proper exercises &
proper food
Take a break - go to a place as close to
Nature as possible
5. The three worth-while practices
The spirit of Yagna - Inculcating the
motivation of love
The spirit of Dana - Inculcate the spirit of
affluence & magnanimity
The spirit of Tapas - Practice personality
integration
6. Cultivate positive qualities
Equanimity - not getting swept away by surge
of an emotion
Forgiveness - not losing your cool for the
fault of others
Truthfulness - for reliability & personality
integration
Cheerfulness - disarm others with your warm
smile
Detachment - the ability of objective
analysis
Believe in the existence of ‘Supreme
Intelligence’
7. Inculcate 'Type S' qualities
Do what you love & also love what you do
Practice Prasad-buddhi & Ishwar-arpan-buddhi.
Study Gita regularly.
Practice Dynamic Meditation-charging
yourself with positive thoughts.
C : ROOTING OUT THE
PROBLEM :
8. Know the Secret of Action
Live an inspired life - with a very clear &
great goal
Learn to live in present
Remember - We reap what we sow
9. Act with Love - the greatest motivator
See love to be the best & most sustaining
motivator
Add fragrance of love & mutual respect to
your relationships
See all ego-centric actions to be the cause
of all negativities
10. The Door to ultimate freedom - Self
Knowledge
See Ego to be your relative & therefore
false identity
Holding on to ego is to hold on to
limitations
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