Everyday Health Triggers Series - Road Rage

Health Triggers - Road Rage

Yoga : Accumulated stress is triggered off. When angry, you breather at 80-90 breaths/minute. When calm, its 10-11/minute. The faster your breath rate, shorter your life span.

Cardio : Sometimes in a rage, your heart attacks. Whenever there is execessive adrenaline secretion it causes constrictions in the artery and leads to a greater wear and tear of interior linings. This leads to faster atherosclerosis. Try "shavasana" to be calmer.

Posture

Motionless & fixed but relaxed posture like dead body.

Procedure

Spread both the legs and keep them at a distance of 1 or 1.5 feet apart. Keep the heels facing inside and allow the toes to fall outside and relax them. Take both the hands little away, say 3 to 4 inches, from the body and relax them. Keep the palms facing the roof and the fingers half - closed. Turn the neck to any side and relax it. Further, relax the muscles of the face. Keep the eyes closed with ease and without pressure. Continue extremely slow breathing.

Endo : Road Rage could be a sign that you have hypertension. Get blood pressure checked. You need to change your overall lifestyle.

Psych : Emotional stress affects the heart. Don't allow the other person to 'control' you. being 'cut off' doesn't mean the person is trying to undermine you. Don't react.

Source : TOI