Stress Management

Miscellaneous Alternative Therapies for Anxiety

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Alexander Technique

There is a connection between tense, tight muscles and anxiety. Muscles, when  severely constricted, can create mental and emotional imbalances . The Alexander Technique helps release the muscle tension. This, in turn, brings about an improvement in the persons' general mental health and well-being, according to followers of this therapy.

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Arts therapies

This therapy involves identifying the root cause of the anxiety, and developing a therapeutic relationship with the sufferer. General anxiety may be alleviated by exploring feelings in music-making. Dance movement therapy may allow the patient to view their  problems and feelings in a new light.

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Auricular therapy

Auricular therapy is very effective in calming the mind.

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Autogenic Training

Autogenic training helps to shift the 'fight or flight' stress response to a recuperative calming of mind and body. 

The following exercise uses autogenic training to help you relax and manage stress. This exercise is very easy to do and it works.

1. Concentrate on the extremities of your body: your arms, legs, feet and hands. Feel them getting heavy. Repeat to yourself, over and over again, 'My left arm is heavy , my right arm is heavy , my left leg is heavy', etc. Then: 'My arms and legs are heavy'.

2. Concentrate on the extremities of your body and feel them getting warmer. Repeat to yourself, over and over again, 'My arms and legs are warm'.

3. Now concentrate on your pulse rate a prefer not to concentrate on heartbeats, but do so if you prefer). Feel it beating calmly. Repeat to yourself, over and over again, 'My pulse is calm and regular'.

4. Concentrate on your breathing. Listen to your breaths coming slowly and regularly. Repeat to yourself, over and over, 'My breathing is calm and regular'.

5. Concentrate on your solar plexus. Feel it getting warmer. Repeat to yourself, over and over again, 'My solar plexus is warm'.

6. Lastly concentrate on your forehead. Feel it getting cooler and cooler. Repeat to yourself, over and over, 'My forehead is cool'.

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Bach Flower Remedies

Remedies are prescribed according to the individual and the cause and nature of the anxiety and identifying the exact feeling underlying the problem. Agrimony and aspen are useful for mild to moderate anxiety. For severe cases, use cherry plum or red chestnut. Anxiety for no apparent reason may be treated with aspen. The victims suffer from a persistent feeling that something bad is about to happen them. Anxiety over the welfare of loved ones (such as worrying excessively about the well-being of others) may be red chestnut; anxiety about inability to cope would be elm or larch. 

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Biofeedback

Biofeedback is useful in helping the patient develop strategies to control anxiety and stress.

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Color Therapy

Radiate the following colors one after the other twice per day until condition improves:

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Hellerwork

Hellerwork may be useful in managing anxiety by stabilizing the mind/body relationship. 

Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy is useful to overcome specific phobias such as fear of flying, state fright, fear of examinations or sports contests. It also helps in the general anxiety. Hypnotherapy treatment may involve age regression, suggestion therapy, NLP, hypno-healing and self-hypnosis.

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Imagery

Imagine that you are lying on a beach. As each wave splashes on the beach, it rolls up to your neck, and as it recedes, it pulls more and more tension and fear out of your body.

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Kinesiology

There are specific kinesiology techniques for stress reduction and relief from anxieties, fears and phobias.

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Macrobiotic

A macrobiotic practitioner may suggest a standard macrobiotic diet, with good warm and sweet foods.

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Nutrition and Anxiety
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 Mind/Body Medicine

Progressive muscle relaxation, autogenic training, relaxation response, transcendental meditation and oriental exercise techniques such as tai chi and qigong are all useful in controlling anxiety and stress.

Meditate or pray daily, preferably in the morning before or after breakfast.

Practice surrendering the outcome of events to the great spirit, however you perceive him/her/it.

Excessive need to control events actually increases anxiety and eventually leads to depression.

It's important to pray or meditate before the workday actually begins to reduce the excess and destructive need to control all events.

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Naturopathy

Naturopathy will include relaxation, applied nutrition and herbal and homoeopathic support.

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Rolfing

Rolfing uses different modes of touch and movement that can help in managing anxiety. 

Sound Therapy

Sit quietly in a comfortable chair. Listen to music with slow, steady beat for 20 to 30 minutes or until you are well relaxed.

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Therapeutic Touch

Therapeutic Touch is believed to reduce anxiety as well as relieving pain.

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