Is the thought of Christmas giving you a higher stress? Could it be the present buying, the office Christmas party, the relations, the Christmas food shop and cooking or just being at home for the week? What is stress? This can be being under too much pressure at work. Uncertainty of the job, deadlines, working too many hours. Family concerns. Financial worries, relationship issues.. Trying to keep all those balls in the air at once. And no time in your day to simply relax and take time out for you. The way we are designed to respond to pressure is to go into the 'fight or flight' response - this dumps lots of adrenaline and other chemicals into our system and gets us through the situation.
Retreat to Grasmere this coming July I have been lucky, the Glenthorne at Grasmere has had a cancellation for the 10th to 12th July next year. This is an excellent venue for a retreat, just 5 minutes from Grasmere village. In it own grounds looking out at the mountains in the distance. I have booked 15 places and already I have 6 confirmed places. The course starts at Friday 10th July at 4.30pm with afternoon tea and home cakes. During the weekend we will be practising various mindfulness techniques, breathing, eating, meditations, visualisations,and Tai Chi. We will where possible be delivering the course outside in the natural settings. However if the weather conditions are poor we have a
