Calm and focused in a world of turbulence – the Balance program
Calm and focused in a world of turbulence – the Balance program
Sustainable worklife and high performance with the Balance Program
The Balance program aims to provide you with concrete and individually adapted tools that can help you gain more efficient recovery in your everyday life. The intention of this program is to support your work life and overall balance.
The training includes:
- Knowledge about how to regulate your nervous system
- Reflection on stress and how personnal management and increased awareness can strengthen your focus, improve your performance, productivity and overall quality of life
- Practical tools for better sleep, reduced stress, releasing physical tensions and improving focus/concentration skills
About Sara Emilionie
As a communication consultant living in the hormones of stress Sara found recovery through meditation and quit her ordinary job with a strong vision – to teach people how to breath. Since then (2009) she has taught her programs within the Swedish national health care system and workplaces such as Astra Zeneca, Sigma/Nexer group, two of Sweden`s largest law firms and a global consultant firm. Her programs have been tested in internationally published studies. Contact and more information: www.balansonline.se
Do you want to follow through the whole Balance Program? Contact Sara@balansonline.se
Diaphragmatic breathing
All of us are born with the knowledge of how to fully engage the diaphragm to take deep breaths. As we meet stress, however, we get out of the habit and gradually shift to shallower, less efficient ”chest breathing.”
Relearning how to breathe from the diaphragm can have a great impact of your wellbeing. Diaphragmatic breathing (also called ”abdominal breathing” or ”belly breathing”) encourages full oxygen exchange — that is, the beneficial trade of incoming oxygen for outgoing carbon dioxide. Not surprisingly, this type of breathing slows the heartbeat and can lower or stabilize blood pressure.
Research has proven that deep breathing is one of the most efficient method for stress reduction. This tool affects your immune system, digestion, blood pressure within a couple of minutes.
Breathing through your left nostril enhances the relaxation respons as the nostrils are connected with the brain and nervous system.
Medical Yoga
The simple yoga sequence this week gives you relaxation in back, neck and jaws. The exercises has been tested in Swedish studies since 1998 and a part of the rehabilitation program within the medical health system. Documented effect on blood pressure, heart related problems, stress, anxiety, back pain.
Together with diaphragmatic breathing, this tools has shown significant effect on blood pressure. In a Swedish study, it showed that yoga had the same effect on blood pressure as the group which medicated. You can reed the study at Medline: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24314119
Work places that has been introduced to the Balance Program
