The impact of stress is a common reason that client's seek guidance and support from Silver Birch Therapies. It is a constant theme in most people's daily life.

What is Stress? 

 

Stress is an emotional and physical response of the body to a perceived threat via a part of our nervous system called the Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS).  This results in a chain reaction of hormones and chemicals being released in the body to deal with a potentially life-threatening situation.  Your heart rate increases, pupils dilate, lungs take in more oxygen and muscles contract – you are getting ready for what is called ‘fight or flight’.

Stress is designed to be short lived or acute, and when the threat has gone, your mind and body should reset. Unfortunately, we deal with all stress in the same way, regardless of whether it is life threatening or not. That work deadline, issue at school, awful commute, row you had last night, even that workout that left you feeling completely floored, all are are considered stress by the body. These often become chronic or long-term conditions.  Chronic stress puts your body into SNS dominance and that can have far reaching effects on your physical and mental wellbeing.

Sessions can address this dominance and gain a balance by activating another part of the nervous system call the Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS) which is associated with relaxation, lower heart rate, proper digestion of food, reproduction and sleep.