Yoga for Stress Management

12 | Yoga for Stress ManagementPHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGESDUE TO STRESSBefore we go on to any of the other details, let us try to understandwhat stress is all about. All of us keep hearing this terminologyStress most commonly. Somebody gets stress physically, somebodygets stress mentally, somebody feels heavy emotionally and expressthat it is highly stressful. If it is very commonly occurring phenomenonin each one of our lives, let us try to understand what exactlythe stress is all about. In simple terms Stress can be defined as ‘nonspecific basic response pattern which prepares an individual for ademanding situation’. Having been prepared, it regulates it, makesyou work at different levels so that you can handle the demandingsituation. This involves activities at physiological level, activities atthe behavioral level and modifications at the emotional response patternlevel.A stress producing factor what is called as a stressor can intervenean individual either as an external agent or as an internal agent. Externalagent can be physical in nature. It can be due to emotions. Itcan also be contributed from the society. At the same time it canalso be a combination of the above three mentioned factors. Whenwe are looking at the factors which can contribute us as stressor it isimportant for us to understand how we can regulate them. This iswhere Yoga comes into picture of helping us to understand stressYoga in Education for Total Personality Development SERIES - 0