Michelle Mintz

Too Stressed to Come In?

June 6th, 2007

I often get people canceling their appointments at the last

minute because “they are too stressed to come in.” I find

a lot of humor in this because that is the exact reason you

are coming to see me — to reduce your stress! And now is

the absolute perfect time to see how well CranioSacral

therapy can help you do this.

 

Let me give you a little anatomy lesson and the reason you

should not cancel your appointment!

 

Your nervous system has two parts to it: the parasympathetic

branch, which is for rest and digestion, and the sympathetic

branch, which is that “fight or flight” part of the brain.

set the sympathetic off, and that is what is supposed to happen.

The sympathetic branch is the protective part of the brain, which

 will save your life in a crisis.

 

However, what tends to happen is that the sympathetic part

gets revved up and does not come back to the neutral point,

so to speak. Instead we have more stress and it gets revved

up higher and higher without resetting.

 

When this happens, stress chemicals keep getting sent to the

brain, heart, lungs, stomach, intestines, liver and adrenals.

This keeps your body in a high state of alert, which increases

the occurrence of stress-related diseases and more rapid aging.

 

CranioSacral therapy helps reset the nervous system and

unwind stress from your tissues!

 

It also helps you reconnect to yourself so you can get a clearer

picture of why you are so stressed, and how you can deal with

it better in the present and the future. Many life-changing “aha”

moments happen on the table!

 

So next time you are “too stressed to come in,” I invite you to

just come in anyway. It might be just what you need to reconnect,

regroup and rejuvenate!

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