There’s no way around it, stress is simply a normal part of living life. Whether it be outside of our control, or self-caused, stress takes a toll on both the body and the mind. 

Stress can be defined as a change to a person’s environment that requires the body to react and adjust in response. Once our brain perceives stress in our environment, the hypothalamus tells the body to flood with stress hormones, triggering our “fight or flight” response. 

Everything from day to day responsibilities, work, family, and much more can bring unavoidable stress into our path. The body reacts to these changes with physical, mental, and emotional responses. 

This response is built into our bodies to protect us in case of emergencies, preparing your body to act quickly to avoid danger. But as our stress response continues to fire day after day, our bodies and minds begin to suffer some pretty startling consequences.

Stress and Our Bodies: the Central Nervous and Endocrine Systems

The central nervous system (CNS) is responsible for executing the “fight or flight” response in the body. Ultimately this can increase heart rate while the body sends blood to areas of the body that need it most in an emergency. Muscles, heart, and important organs are some of the main targets for increased blood flow.

Once the stressor has been eliminated from our environment, the hypothalamus should “tell” all systems to go back to normal. But if the stressor doesn’t go away, or our CNS fails to return to normal, then our “fight or flight” state will continue. This is the effect of chronic stress. 

A few behaviors common with chronic stress include dietary imbalances such as eating too much or too little, alcohol and drug abuse, and social withdrawal.

Immune System

Stress activates our immune system into high alert, which again can be very useful in dangerous situations. A heightened immune system can help heal wounds faster, or help to avoid infection. 

But over time, stress can weaken the immune system, reducing the body’s natural ability to fight back. People experiencing chronic stress can be more susceptible to viral infections such as the flu, as well as lengthened recovery times from injury or illness.

Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems

During a stress response, people tend to breathe faster as their bodies try to quickly distribute oxygen-rich blood to their body. If a person has a pre-existing condition like asthma or emphysema, stress can make it even harder to breathe.

When stressed, the blood vessels in our heart constrict and divert oxygen to the muscles to give strength to take action. This response, however, raises our blood pressure. So when a person experiences chronic stress, they are at a higher risk of a stroke or heart attack.

Digestive system

The mix of increased breathing, heart rate, and hormone production can have an adverse effect on our digestive systems as well. In fact, the likelihood of heartburn or acid reflux increases due to an increase in stomach acid production as a stress response. Stress also affects how food is absorbed by the body, and can lead to digestive issues such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and constipation.

The liver’s response to stress produces a surplus of blood sugar (glucose) in order to boost energy. However, when asked to continuously produce these heightened levels under chronic stress, the body might not be able to keep up, leaving a person with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes.

The combination of hormones, rapid breathing, and increased heart rate can also upset your digestive system. You’re more likely to have heartburn or acid reflux thanks to an increase in stomach acid. Stress can also affect the way food moves through your body, leading to diarrhea or constipation. 

Muscular system

When stressed our muscles tense up in order to protect us from injury. If you are constantly under stress however, you might literally not get the chance to relax. Tight muscles can lead to tension headaches and body aches, as well as back and shoulder pain.

Sexuality and the Reproductive System

It is not unusual to lose desire in the bedroom when under constant stress. In men, prolonged exposure to stress can lead to a decrease in testosterone levels, even interfering with sperm counts or other complications such as erectile dysfunction and impotence.

For women, increased stress levels have an adverse effect on the menstrual cycle, leading to unwanted effects, and can also heighten the symptoms of women undergoing menopause. 

Stress and Emotions

We’ve all seen it, when a person gets stressed they are much more “on edge’ and likely to react negatively to a given situation. 

Recent research has found that even moderate levels of stress can impair an individual's ability to control emotions. 

Stress can promote disease

Stress can be the defining factor into whether a person will get sick or not. In fact, stress holds links to cancer, lung disease, cirrhosis of the liver, accidents involving death, and suicide.

Stress can make you gain weight

Research out of the University of Miami found that individuals in stressful situations were likely to consume up to 40% more food than when they were not under stress.

The compulsion of our hunter-gatherer ancestors to store up during stressful times lives on in our DNA even today. With chronic stress, this impulse to eat more can add up the pounds quickly over time.

Managing Stress

There are many ways a person can manage stress, and ultimately it will depend on the individual as to what will work for them. Exercising, organizing, breathwork, and meditation are all effective ways to help a person manage stress. 

Here at Harmonic Egg however, we take relaxation and meditation a step further in order to create the ultimate mind-body wellness solution.

Harmonize the Body to Reduce Stress & Anxiety

Relaxation therapies have been shown to improve both the body’s ability to heal and the mind’s ability to cope with stress and anxiety, promoting an increase in overall health.

Harmonic Egg is an energy therapy that helps bring about a meditative state and a sense of relaxation and peacefulness through light and sound therapy. Our clients experience 50 minutes of gradually deepening relaxation while being enveloped in the resonant vibration of music and colored lights.

Clients tell us that they have experienced relief from the hypervigilance of PTSD, and from careers, relationships, and health-related stress and anxiety. Those who have experienced physical trauma often carry stress in their bodies as muscle memory. Because the Harmonic Egg is a no-touch modality, it seems to provide more relief than other modalities for these clients.

What is energy medicine?

“Conventional medicine, at its foundation, focuses on the biochemistry of cells, tissue, and organs. Energy Medicine, at its foundation, focuses on the energy fields of the body that organize and control the growth and repair of cells, tissue, and organs. Changing impaired energy patterns may be the most efficient, least invasive way to improve the vitality of organs, cells, and psyche.” – David Feinstein, Ph.D.

Data suggests that energy therapy balances the Autonomic Nervous System, detoxes the body, reduces inflammation, increases circulation, and clears trauma at a cellular level.

The resonant frequency used by the Harmonic Egg has the ability to detect the vibration of your body, seeking out any imbalance. This imbalance is harmonized with equal and exact opposing frequency.

What makes the Harmonic Egg a more effective method of delivering energy therapy or energy medicine than other systems?

1. The Harmonic Egg is designed as a sacred geometric chamber that uses sound and light therapy with a resonant frequency to move and/or re-route blocked energy.

2. It is made of natural wood to enhance the resonance within the chamber.

3. There is no guess work for the technician, and the emotional and physical state of the technician does not affect outcomes.

4. The Harmonic Egg is not software-driven and does not incorporate Bluetooth or wireless technologies. The Harmonic Egg is completely natural and safe.

Take Control Of the Stress In Your Life

With Wellness Centers offering sound and light therapy with the Harmonic Egg from coast to coast and around the globe, it’s never been easier to fast-track your way to reducing stress in your life. Find a location nearest to you, or learn more about the Harmonic Egg, and start your wellness journey today.

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The harmonic egg allows your body to heal from stress. Treat yourself to wellness and your body will thank you.