Under Pressure

The news around the United States is rather depressing. Massive flooding in various states. Arizona on fire. 10% of Americans out of work. Gas prices so high most people can't afford to go anywhere on vacations - which of course will put out of business those tourist spots that have just been hanging on by a thread for the last few years...

People are under pressure. And usually when people are under pressure, they eat too much. They use food very much for the comfort it brings - and thus eat chocolate, ice cream, various candies (and more disruptively, but not the topic of this particular blog - drink too much!)

And this pressure - aka stress - manifests itself in other ways as well. People under stress are much more likely to have heart attacks, anger issues, and so on.

So it's as important - if not more important - to control one's stress as to control one's eating.

One solution to try is yoga and meditation. Just after getting up in the morning, or at a certain point in the day, or before you go to bed, set aside ten minutes or so for meditation, and for yoga. (The two work in concert.)

Nip out to your local library and get a book on yoga, and see what it can do for you.