Relaxation and Recuperation

IST includes systematic techniques for relaxation and fast recuperation from fatigue.

IST practitioners have considerable success with:

• Insomnia
• Stress
• Burn-out syndrome
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)

The techniques bring:

• Relaxation
• Fast recuperation from fatigue
• Increased vitality and wellbeing
• Enhanced memory
• Enhanced creativity

People who master this technique very rarely suffer from insomnia. They can fall asleep more or less at will. Furthermore they enjoy a superior quality of sleep during the night, and feel more refreshed when waking up in the morning.

Meditation for Health and Wellness

Meditation has many positive and scientifically-documented effects on physical, emotional and mental health. These include studies on anxiety, pain, depression, stress, insomnia and physical or emotional problems assoicated with chronic illnesses such as heart disease, HIV/AIDS and cancer. Meditation has also been used to support chronic allergies and arthritis, post-operative healing, and the immune system.

How? Meditation rests on three fundamental principles:

• stillness
• internalisation of the senses and of consciousness
• silencing of the mind.

"Practicing meditation has been shown to induce some changes in the body, such as changes in the body's "fight or flight" response. The system responsible for this response is the autonomic nervous system. It regulates many organs and muscles, including functions such as the heartbeat, sweating, breathing, and digestion, and does so automatically.

One way some types of meditation might work is by reducing activity in the sympathetic nervous system and increasing activity in the parasympathetic nervous system ... [which causes] the heart rate and breathing rate to slow down, the blood vessels to dilate (improving blood flow), and activity to increase in many parts of the digestive tract."

NCCAM, National Institutes of Health, nccam.nih.gov.