HANDLING STRESS

You can handle stress the easy way

Every morning, Sarah would wake up in a blind panic, wondering how on earth she was gong to get through the day. She was going crazy with stress. She was tired all the time, nervous and panicky, all from the intolerable pressure she was under. She was a senior executive in an extremely responsible position with a world famous designer label where she constantly had to deal with demanding VIP customers and cater to their every whim.

When I first met Sarah and realised how stressed she was, I was sure that the technique I’d been teaching for many years would be a help to her. When I told her about it she was sceptical at first but finally, as things went from bad to worse, she agreed to accept my help, acknowledging that she would try anything.

The Radiance Technique® Authentic Reiki® (also known as TRT®) is an easy to learn, self help energy system that works wonders with stress. There are twelve positions for placing your hands on the body and I taught Sarah how to do these for herself each morning on waking. I also gave her the four “attunements” or “activations” that actually brought alive the healing energy in her hands. She never thought she would find the time to fit this into her hectic days. However, she managed and, as a result, she found she was less anxious and felt calmer. Within weeks she was able to tell me that: “TRT® is now part of my routine and my life has changed in such a positive way since I started using it. If I could give anyone a gift to help them get on with their life, it would be The Radiance Technique®.”

TRT® is practised by many thousands of people in more than fifteen different countries. When I first came across it and read the definitive book on the subject ‘The Reiki Factor in the Radiance Technique®’ by Dr Barbara Ray, I knew immediately that I wanted to be in a position to pass on this ancient healing system to others. So I studied with Radiant Stress Management International Inc in Switzerland and Florida and, over the years, I have reached the sixth out of the seven levels. I teach others how to handle stress and bring balance and harmony to their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels. Hundreds of people have studied with me over the years, with ages ranging from three to ninety-three.

One of my students was the editor of a world famous fashion magazine, constantly stressed with jetting between London and New York. He learned to deal with this by the simple “hands-on” approach of The Radiance Technique®. He gratefully told me: “My hands are always with me, so I can get de-stressed at any time and arrive at my destination energised and ready to go.”

TRT® is one of the few totally whole therapies, requiring no tools or intervention from anyone else and therefore it can be used at any time.

TRT® works whether you believe in it or not – once you have learned how to do it, you only have to practise it and it is always there for you. Once you’ve received a session from an accredited teacher or practitioner, then the energy flows automatically through that person’s hands and allows you to have an experience of universal healing energy. The experience of transcendental energy is what matters, and most of the time, people find it relaxing, peaceful, energising and healing.

Accredited by Radiant Stress Management Int’l Inc, Catherine Palmer has been a teacher and practitioner of TRT® for the past 23 years. To learn more about TRT® and how it can change your life and your health, contact Catherine Palmer through: Catherine@academyofcommunication.com

This article appeared in 'Epoch Times' on the 24th March 2009

Unemployed? Stressed? A new way of dealing with it

“I’ve got these splitting headaches!” Sally said. “It’s only since I lost my job last month but I’m so worried - I’ve got a mortgage, car loan, overdraft – the lot!” So I showed Sally a simple awareness exercise which, when practiced regularly, helps reduce stress levels. She sat upright in a chair, feet flat on the floor, closed her eyes and listened to my voice, as I slowly talked her through the exercise. Two minutes later, she opened her eyes and was surprised at the brightness of colors she saw and how calm she felt.

Sally has now practiced The Awareness Exercise at least twice every day and her stress-induced headaches have become a rarity. As negative stress is fear induced, I encouraged Sally to think of F.E.A.R as False Evidence Appearing Real. That is to say it is a feeling of some dread possibility that may actually never materialize. The result was that Sally began to focus on the possibility of the job she wanted, rather than the possibility of not getting it.

I also pointed out to Sally how shallow her breathing was; this meant that, instead of being healthily stimulated by an ideal oxygen flow, her body was barely ticking over. Also, lack of proper breath intake meant that her voice was unsupported and sounded weak, indicating a lack of confidence – not helpful at a job interview.

This article is appearing in the July/ August 2009 issue of 'Yorkshire Women's Life Magazine'

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