SAHAJA

YOGA

STRESS
MANAGEMENT
Part ΙΙ
 About the
program

This is the second part

of the anti-stress
program presented to
you by the followers of
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Your name
goes here…
 About the
program

3 Practical experience
Meditation
Directions & tips for daily practice

2 Sahaja yoga stress solution

Thoughtless Awareness

1 Introduction to Stress Theory

Psychological definition of stress
Types of stress
Main source of stress in our life
 What Stress
Is

In psychology, stress is a
state of bodily or mental
tension resulting from factors
that tend to alter an existent
equilibrium.
-Encyclopedia Britannica-
 Psychological Model of
Stress

Normal state
stressors
the subjective experience
of mental, emotional, and
physical (bodily sensation)
alterations
STRESS

Coping Behavior
attempt to regain
disturbed equilibrium
 What could be a
Stressor

Social (indirect) threat

Physical (direct) threat

 Two Types of
Stress
Let us define the two types of
stress according to the character
of stressor

PHYSICA
L
STRESS
Physical (direct) threat
Normal state

MENTAL
STRESS
Social (indirect) threat
 History of Man and
Stress

Stress ph
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Ancestral Environments Modern Environments

The life of our ancestors was full of physical Our life…

stress. Exposure to severe natural You know what we
environments, shortage of food reserves, are talking about.
prevalent predators, rampant infections,
endless wars and so on…
 Vicious Circles of Mental Stress

“replay” future
of past events projections

emotional emotional
reactions reactions

past experience
THOUGHTS THOUGHTS
/memories

bodily sensations bodily sensations

(homeostasis changes) (homeostasis changes)

“pressure
Impressions
of the
of “replay”
future”
 Thoughts !!!

How to escape your own thoughts?

People seek for all possible kinds of

entertainment. But it doesn’t give the cure
actually. As soon as fan is over your thoughts
are back.

How to get the real peace of mind?

Are there any way to control thoughts?

Does the permanent flow of thoughts

absolutely inevitable attribute of human
awareness?
How Sahaja Yoga can help
you?

The ancient scriptures

mentioned about
another, higher state of
awareness.

Can modern people

access this mystical
state of mind?
 Thoughtless awareness

Through Kundalini Awakening

and Sahaja Meditation one can
reach a Unique state of
Thoughtless Awareness

Please put on the short lecture

by Shri Mataji
We used:
excerpts from Berkleley Public Program
05/06/2000 and Diwali talk 11/10/1991

This Thoughtless Awareness is not only giving mind

refreshment during meditation, but it can appear
spontaneously when ever we are in difficult situations
 Meditation
Click on the icon
for music

Lets meditate together for a few minutes:

Some meditative
music might be
appropriate
• Sit straight but in a comfortable posture
• Do Bandhan and raise your Kundalini
• Be careful with focusing your attehtion, it
should not cause any tension
• Simply try to witness the movement of
Kundalini or vibrations on the top of you head
or/and palms of your hands
• If thoughts still trouble you just let them go, it
will reduce spontaneously then Kundalini cross
Agya chakra
 Advices for SY Stress Mgmt

• In order to get the best results in establishment

of thoughtless awareness one should meditate
regularly.
• Never try to fight your mind. Be determined to
get results but very kind to yourself.
• Water as an element of nature is very helpful
to cool down your mind.
• Meditative music may be very good for the
beginning to enter the meditative state.
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