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Thank goodness we all have methods and tools within our body. Connecting your mind and body to your emotions and spiritual self opens a path to awareness.
Studies by medical research is documenting why our thoughts and feelings directly affect our bodies. An example is an unresolved argument with a person.Of course you can say this is an everyday ongoing life situation but constant negative patterns have an adverse impact on the body and mind that can literally kill.
Alternative Cancer Treatment With Guided Imagery Therapy (GIT)
When we continue to have negative imagery and thoughts about any specific unresolved bad event this perpetuates tension. When focused on an illness like cancer, approximately 30 seconds to 1 minute you will notice body changes such as, muscles might get tense, heart rate might elevate.
GIT-Alternative Cancer Treatment For Reducing Stress
If this could be measured we could find out more about what’s happening in our body. We could even find out what is happening to our blood chemistry. However what makes this so hard on a body is the number of times we will experience the same stressful thoughts especially when severely ill.
Guided Imagery* is a way to take you to a place where you can understand your feelings and beliefs more completely. The technique can be used to handle many stresses, from day-to-day issues that may send you reeling, all the way to unresolved threats, such as persistent threatening illness. Alternative Cancer Treatment Tools
Specifically, many individuals diminish their psychological stresses and physical symptoms as they come to grips with a diagnosis such as cancer. Guided imagery begins by finding time for your self. Imagery is a natural process available to all and can be done by anyone.
For alternative cancer treatment, initially, it helps to have someone guide you until you are comfortable on your own. The goal is to help you develop emotional resiliency and/or less emotional and physical symptoms from an illness like a cancer or its therapies.
* http://smartermedicalcare.org/podcasts/guided-imagery/
Basic Principals For Guided Imagery
- Find time to focus on breathing in and out
- Remove your thoughts from stressful events.
- Remember a completely relaxing event or environment
- Spend time enjoying the relaxing feeling.
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Beginning Alternative Cancer Treatment
Guided Imagery Management for anxiety is a first step to help cancer patients deal with the everyday thoughts, concerns, fears, and treatments.
By connecting to your mind and body tools you psychologically relax. In a relaxed state you can understand and gain control of your feelings. The goal is to take overwhelming emotions to a better place so that the body feel less physical symptoms.
Anxious Physical Moments Associated With Severe Illness Can Be Shifted. With any life threatening illness there are still moments that you will feel poorly.
By adding Guided Imagery as an alternative cancer treatment you will be able to have more moments to feel calmer and tools to help you relax and reduce stress. This might be the best alternative medicine – just what the doctor ordered.
Before beginning alternative cancer treatment therapies find an expert to help you with Guided Imagery mind and body tools and consult with your personal doctors.