Find Your Creative Zen
Now more than ever we need healing modalities to combat the stressors of our daily lives. Commonly known as the “stress hormone”, cortisol affects several aspects of your body and mainly helps regulate your body's response to stress. Now meet the fresh approach to stress relief: casual creative play. Scientifically proven to reduce cortisol in just 20 minutes.
WHAT IS CORTISOL
Cortisol is a steroid hormone that your adrenal glands produce and release. Commonly known as the “stress hormone”, cortisol affects several aspects of your body and mainly helps regulate your body's response to stress.*
*Cleveland Clinic
HOW IT IMPACTS US
The long-term activation of the stress response system and the overexposure to cortisol and other stress hormones that follow can disrupt almost all your body's processes.
This puts you at increased risk of many health problems, including:
- Anxiety / depression
- Headaches
- Muscle tension and pain
- Heart disease, high blood pressure and stroke
- Sleep problems
- Weight gain
- Memory and concentration impairment
*Mayo Clinic
CREATIVE REMEDY
Block out 15-20 minutes in the late afternoon or early evening when you are transitioning out of work mode, and use the time to doodle or practice a mindful drawing technique.
OUTCOME
- Decreased stress and anxiety
- Decreased heart rate and blood pressure
- Clearer, calmer mind
- Sounder sleep
- Enhanced mood
- More mindful lifestyle choices
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