Stress Relief
Simple Stress Relief Techniques
Each technique can be done for 5-20 minutes until you feel more relaxed or notice deeper breathing.
Technique A: Frontal Occipital Hold
1. Very gently hold your forehead (Frontal Lobe of the brain processes emotions)
2. Also hold the base of your skull with your other hand (this part of the brain is associated with memory formation)
Technique B: Heart Meridian Pathway Crossover Technique
Calm and Balance Hormones
Energetic imbalance in the brain can cause anxiety. Create balance by crossing limbs over the centerline of the body. Energetically balances the brain (left and right) and the acupuncture meridian pathways (12 along the arms and legs and 2 that meet in the mouth area).
1. Cross 1 wrist over the other and 1 ankle over the other
2. Clasp your hands together. You can stop there or go to the next level with steps 3 and 4.
3. Bring clasped hands down and between elbows towards your body to lay on your chest (the heart field).
4. Relax, take deep breaths, and push on the roof of your mouth with your tongue.
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3 & 4.
Technique C: Calm the Nervous System
Neurovascular Points
Very gently hold each point for 1-10 minutes. Do the Midline Points first.
Then gently hold the point(s) for the time of day it is (see Time of Day List under visual below).
Time of Day List: Acupuncture Meridians/Organs
Start with the Corresponding Number for YOUR Current Time of Day
1) 7am - 9 am Stomach
2) 9am - 11am Spleen
3) 11am - 1pm Heart
4) 1pm - 3pm Small Intestine
5) 3pm - 5pm Bladder
6) 5pm - 7pm Kidney
7) 7pm - 9pm Circulation/Sex
8) 9pm - 11pm Triple Warmer
9) 11pm – 1am Gallbladder
10) 1am - 3 am Liver
11) 3am - 5 am Lung
12) 5am - 7 am Large Intestine
