From: Healing Arts Health and Wellness

Stress is a common problem in today’s society. With today’s hectic and chaotic, 24/7 society, more and more American’s are feeling the effects of stress on their daily lives.

In fact, 73 percent of the American population experience high stress on a weekly basis, according to a survey done by Prevention Magazine.

If you are under a significant amount of stress, you may be experiencing the following on a regular basis:

• Unable to fall asleep at night
• Uncontrollable irritability or anger
• Excessive fatigue
• Lack of motivation and energy
• Persistent headaches
• Increased feelings of sadness or depression
• Upset stomach or indigestion
• Overeating
• Increased consumption of alcohol

While stress is a natural physical and mental reaction to your life experiences, it can be extremely detrimental to your health.

For immediate, short-term situations, stress can be beneficial for your health. Unfortunately, if you are experiencing constant, long-term stress, it can negatively effect your health. Chronic stress can cause a variety of symptoms and affect your overall well-being.

If left unchecked, stress can even result in death.

So, how can you start reducing the amount of stress in your life? The answer is simple. Meditation. The practice of meditation has been shown to not only help relieve stress but can actually improve your overall health and well-being.

This simple guide to meditation for beginners will show you how to be present in the moment to relieve stress and improve your life.

Let me introduce to you…