WELCOME

Stress Free and Easy..

• Roseann Slaght

• Family to Family Health Information and Education Center @ the ARC of IL.

• Licensed massage therapist

Stress Management

What you can do to live healthier and happier, without spending all

your time and money.

What is stress management?

• Strategies and coping techniques that can be learned and incorporated into our daily lives that reduce anxiety and feelings of tension. Some stressors are not under our control, but we can still learn how to manage our feelings and reduce their implications on our health in positive ways.

C.A.R.E.

• Circulation

• Assimilation

• Relaxation

• Elimination

What humans need…

• Exercise

• Nutrition

• Rest

• Work

• Fun

• Love

• Sense of Purpose

Health

• Health is created by balance in the body, also known as homeostasis. Without balance in the body systems, we end up with problems in circulation, heart problems, pulmonary issues, lung disease, asthma, and/or lymphatic issues, cancer, tumors.

Nutrition

• Plays a huge part in our health, but we pay little attention to prevention.

• Our culture

• Lack of time

• Water is so important. It is the fuel our bodies need to have all functions work properly, especially the brain and heart.

Physical Self

• Rest• Exercise• Meaningful purpose and

relationships• Emotional and

psychological balance,• Feelings cause chemical

changes, hormonal changes, and physical changes.

• All information goes through the reptilian brain first.

Stress affects all systems

• Causes hormonal changes. Cortisol.• Raises blood pressure.• Affects chemicals in the brain.• Causes muscles to increase tension.• Affects digestive and urinary systems.• Causes heart to work harder.

Positives you can do

• Water• Balance• Rest• Massage• Exercise• Meditation

Massage

• Just putting your hands on someone in a positive, non-threatening way increases the electricity in their body 10%.

• Using nutritious oils increases nutrients to the cellular level immediately.

• Enhances muscle movement.• Reduces tension and restrictions.

Types of massage

• Self massage• Swedish• Lymphatic• Craniosacral• Myofascial• Trigger point• Eastern modalities• Etc…….

What does massage do??

• Reduces stress and tension in muscles.

• Increases circulation.

• Reduces blood pressure.

• Increases endorphines.

• Encourages healing at the cellular level.

• Relaxes the nervous system.

• Affects hormone production.

Always Consult your Physician

• Before starting new programs.• Questions about your health.• Changes in your body or functions.• Information you don’t understand• This is your informed partner.

Other Fun,useful tools

• Brain Gym activities• Aromatherapy• Flower formulas• Herbs and organics• Oils( castor, sweet

almond, peanut, olive oil)

• Epsom salts• Guided imagery• Meditation

Acupressure

• Utilizes touch to release endorphins, which are the bodies pain relieving chemicals into the body. These neurochemicals are released by the pituitary gland and get distributed throughout the body by the cerebrospinal fluid into the bloodstream.

Aromatherapy

• Smell is one of the ways the brain takes in information about the environment, and responds accordingly. It is on of the most highly developed senses.

Get involved in your health

• Find what works for you

• Learn new things

• Take time to de-stress

• Don’t take your health for granted

• Teach others

• Find time to reflect and relax