What are some reasons why aerobic exercise can lower stress? In depth answers appreciated. Thanks!
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When you sit down and begin to breath oxygenating your blood and stretching your body the blood feeds everything and with your eyes closed and calm music softly playing you pretty much forget the stress as you blood pressure and breathing slows as you feel like your stuck to the floor.
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Exercise produces stress-lowering chemicals called endorphins. +5
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Aerobic exercises do not actually lower your stress. What they do is increase your tolerance to stress by causing your adrenal glands to secrete adrenalin & endorphins, while also requiring concentration on your movements during exercising, so the exercise distracts you from your stress and the movement invigorates and relaxes your body ... a mere diversion, from stress. The way to deal with stress is to learn how to treat it as a form of energy, and absorb and transform it into a type of energy that is more readily usable, such as Chi or Ching-Chi. This is done by performing a type of moving meditation and deep internal self control. Known as 'Taoist Esoteric Yoga' it is a branch of Tai Chi and includes ways to mentally manipulate energy, transforming stress into vitality. http://www.healing-tao.com/tao-garden/universal/en/transform-stress-into-vitality.html .
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