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Full hypnosis download Lunchtime relaxation

I love this new lunchtime relaxation session at hypnosisdownloads.com this month! It never ceases to amaze me how you can feel like a completely different person after just twenty minutes of deep relaxation; it’s like starting the whole day afresh. Grogginess turns to clarity and focus, ennui turns to energy and despondency morphs into positive intention – just because you’ve relaxed and composed your body and mind. When I take time out to relax just after lunch (not, mind you, instead of lunch!) I reckon I get twice as much work done in the afternoon.

Enlightened employers know that encouraging their staff to relax (not sleep) during the day improves productivity and morale. And it also seems your day time short rest can enhance your life expectancy by decreasing likelihood of heart disease.

A six-year long Greek study found that those who took a 30-minute siesta at least three times a week had a 37% lower risk of heart-related death.(1)

So relax every day sure in the knowledge that it can help you feel healthier and be more productive and avoid the common doldrums of the all too familiar afternoon slump.

All the best

Mark

Note

(1) The researchers in the Greek study looked at 23,681 men and women aged between 20 and 86. The subjects did not have a history of heart disease or any other severe condition.

Participants were also asked if they took midday naps and how often, and were asked about dietary habits and physical activity. The researchers found those who took naps of any frequency and duration had a 34% lower risk of dying from heart disease than those who did not take midday naps. Those who took naps of more than 30 minutes three or more times a week had a 37% lower risk. Among working men who took midday naps, there was a 64% reduced risk of death compared with a 36% reduced risk among non-working men.

Lead researcher Dr Dimitrios Trichopoulos, from the Harvard School of Public Health, said: ‘In countries where mortality from coronary diseases is low, siesta is quite prevalent.

See: Siesta in Healthy Adults and Coronary Mortality in the General Population. Dimitrios Trichopolous et al. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167(3):296-301.