I recently spent a week in The Maldives, and the timing for relaxation was all WRONG: Work commitments, and my dog all alone at home with a bandaged paw, cone, and cancer(!
)It felt like yet another thing to be crammed into the already mad year-end-madness.
But…
Never underestimate the power of your environment in calming you rìght down, albeit a little unwillingly.
We respond powerfully to what we sense. The hypothalamus “senses” when there is danger about, and triggers the stress response; it also “senses” when danger has passed, to trigger the relaxation response.
Manage your environment, it is so well worth it..
Ida x
