Why Stress Reduction?

There are numerous health challenges that cause us serious stress. We cannot live a healthy life in our complex society without paying attention to the significant harm that stress causes the mind and body. Many people are referred to this medical/behavioral medicine program by their physicians for challenges such as:

• Heart disease
• GI distress
• High blood pressure
• Cancer
• Work or family stress
• Chronic fatigue
• Diabetes
• Chronic pain
• Sleep disorders
• Chronic headaches
• Anxiety & depression
• Type A behavior / anger management
• Autoimmune disorders
• Over/under weight

Studies

There are numerous studies to support the lasting decreases in physical and psychological symptoms that people report from taking this stress reduction course. Dr. Bandura’s studies at Standford U Medical School on Self-Efficacy, a belief in your ability to exercise control over events in your life, showed remarkable improvement in a group of males with heart disease. They experienced greater confidence, less shortness of breath, less discomfort. Dr. Bernie Seigel from Yale U sees a strong degree of surviving cancer vs. the importance of examining one’s emotional life. Strongly advocating meditation, he states, “I know of no other single activity that by itself can produce such great improvement in the quality of life.”

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