| We all experience some form of stress in our lives. | | | | coming out of our bath. We just fill our tubs with hot |
| Clinically, stress is a negative element that can threaten | | | | water increasing or decreasing the temperature as is |
| our physical and emotional health. One form of stress | | | | comfortable for us. When our tub is as full as we can |
| can diminish our resistance to other forms of stress. | | | | get it, without running over as we get into it, is the right |
| Therefore, stress seems to take on a momentum or | | | | temperature for us, we can note the time. We need to |
| it's own i.e. stress can cause more stress. When our | | | | stay in the bath for 15 to 20 minutes, not longer. |
| healthy resistance, i.e. our immune system, begins to | | | | Submerge yourself with only your head above water. |
| break down under too much stress, physical damage | | | | Let your thoughts drift into the quietness of your |
| and disease results. In addition to physical stress e.g. | | | | awareness of your breathing in and out. Inhale and |
| sore muscles, pain, aches, tension, overexertion, | | | | exhale fully, which releases tension from our muscles. |
| exercise and inactivity that causes back pain, minor | | | | Relax into the water and become "one" with the |
| strains and sprains, we also experience emotional | | | | water. Add hot water if you need it, but beyond that, |
| stress as well. Emotional stress can come from many | | | | stay as still as possible. When time as passed, rise |
| sources. Emotional stress, as we know, comes from | | | | slowly and towel off lightly and put on the robe. This |
| discord in our work and personal relationships, | | | | process will greatly help reduce stress, break the |
| economic pressure, loss, grief, anger, fear, etc. Over | | | | stress cycle, and allow our bodies to fall into a deeper |
| time, stress actually builds up toxic deposits in our cells. | | | | rest. Regular use of anti-stress, anti-pain bath will |
| Stress can create physical pain and chronic fatigue | | | | release many stress factors through relaxation. This |
| that leaves us without energy or rest, leaving us | | | | allows us to recover our energy and stimulate a |
| accident prone and effects our emotional and | | | | stronger natural resistence, enhance our immune |
| cognitive abilities leading to even more stress. Again, | | | | system and recover our health. |
| stress builds upon itself and causes a vicious cycle. | | | | We can further enhance the effectiveness of water's |
| Our lives can be charted in a energy wave pattern | | | | stress and pain reduction by adding herbal extracts |
| with healthy activity being at the high point of the | | | | and essential oils to our therapeutic bath. Herbal |
| wave and rest being at the lower point of the wave. If | | | | extracts and essential oils are made from natural plans |
| one phase suffers, it effects the other phase. Our | | | | by various means of distillation. Essential oils, e.g. |
| energy wave pattern becomes almost flat. We then | | | | Lavender, provide a relaxing aroma that in itself |
| experience restlessness, lack of energy, depression, | | | | reduces stress and pain. These essential oils are used |
| insomnia, muscles tension, less frustration tolerance, | | | | in the treatment modality of aromatherapy and can be |
| exaggeration of emotional reaction e.g. constant anger | | | | added to our bath water for added benefit. We can |
| of a feeling of our wanting to cry constantly. This in | | | | also use aromatherapy candles by our bath to add |
| turn strains our work and personal relationship and our | | | | even more effective benefits to our therapeutic bath |
| relationship with ourselves. Sleep and relaxation | | | | experience. Aromatherpy candles add a soothing light |
| interrupts this vicious cycle of stress and restore a | | | | and aroma to ease stress and pain. |
| healthy energy wave pattern of activity and rest | | | | In natural thermal pools found in nature are many |
| which interrupts stress building on itself and causing us | | | | dissolved minerals that also have an effective |
| to experience emotional and physical distress. Water | | | | therapeutic benefit. Minerals play an important role in |
| can play a vital natural role in helping us experience the | | | | water conditioning. Natural sodium (salt) minerals such |
| rest and relaxation we need to end the cycle of | | | | as sodium borate, sodium caronate, and sodium cloride |
| stress and pain we are experiencing. | | | | neutralize metals and provide a mild electrolyte |
| Our natural, innate relationship with water is both | | | | solutions which disperses botanicals evenly throughout |
| primordial and present. We live in water for months | | | | the water and helps attract the botanical molecules to |
| before we are born. Our bodies are composed of a | | | | our skin. Aromatherapy bath salts and minerals added |
| large amount of water. We could say that we are | | | | to our bath water helps us receive full benefit from |
| water. We all know the natural attraction we have to | | | | aromatherapy essential oils that we have added to our |
| creeks, lakes, and the ocean. Although not always in | | | | bath |
| our conscious awareness, we instinctively "know" that | | | | Water is a powerful therapeutic natural source of |
| water is vital and "alive". All our physical, intellectual, and | | | | stress and pain relief. We are water. Water is life. We |
| emotional functions are modalities of water functions. | | | | often take this for granted and therefore do not make |
| Water provides all living things/beings with a flow of | | | | full use of this natural healing agent. Many of us do not |
| nutrients as well as a means of elimination. All living | | | | even drink enough water. If we are wanting to |
| forms exist within the Earth's great hydrosystem. | | | | manage stress or to break a vicious stress cycle, we |
| Water is the origin and present source of all life. In a full | | | | need only remember that water is a powerful |
| hot bath we become surrounded by water, the source | | | | resource. The next time we are feeling stress, we can |
| of all life. This stimulates our primordial security feelings | | | | remember to simply wash our hands, splash some |
| and responses and provides us with comfort, | | | | water on our faces, or take a soothing drink of water. |
| relaxation, and pleasure. Heated water relaxes our | | | | If possible spend time with creeks, rivers, and where |
| muscle tension that restricts fluid and energy flow. The | | | | possible with the ocean. If possible, we can introduce |
| magnetic fields of our nervous system flow through | | | | swimming to our exercise program. If this is not |
| the surrounding water malecules. We experience the | | | | possible, we can naturally soak away stress and pain |
| profound and relieving effects of water's releasing us | | | | with hot baths enhanced with aromatherapy bath salts, |
| from stress and pain. | | | | aromatherapy mineral baths, aromatherpy essential oils |
| We can turn our bath into a therapeutic anti-stress, | | | | or stress and pain formulas specially designed to be |
| anti-pain treatment. Our bathroom should be warm and | | | | used with water such as ABRA Herbal Hydrotherapy |
| we should have clean towels and a robe ready for | | | | Muscle Bath or ABRA Hydrotherapy Stress Bath. |