Reprogram Your Nervous System to Respond Better to Daily Stresses

Stress has an immediate impact on every system in your body. The daily stresses of life trigger primitive brain centers into an emergency response condition. Up to 80% of the blood leaves your forebrain to support the fight-or-flight response and stress chemicals pour into the bloodstream. The primitive brain structures don't distinguish whether

"Oh My God" Points

the alarm was set off by something small like a broken shoe lace or a huge physical threat.

With simple Energy Medicine techniques you can reprogram your nervous system to no longer set off the crisis response in the face of daily stresses. Holding your Neurovascular points returns blood to your forebrain and reconditions your response to stress.

Try this simple technique the next time you are hit by stress, feel overwhelmed, or highly emotional:

1. Lightly place your fingertips on your forehead, covering the frontal eminences, the "Oh my God" points (p. 234).
2. Put your thumbs on your temples next to your eyes, breathing deeply.
3. Sink deeply into the emotion and stress as you hold the points for three to five minutes.
4. As blood returns to your forebrain over the next few minutes you will begin to think more clearly.