How does the OptimaLearning System approach negative stress?
Above all, directly. The OptimaLearning approach consists of specific relaxation processes and techniques. The most important are: • Contemplation of some pleasant place or thing such as landscape or imaginary object selected prior to the given task or activity; • Super Relaxation (a light meditation); • Observation of a rhythmical body function, such as breathing. • As a physiological outcome, all of the above techniques yield a very pure kind of relaxation response (relaxation reaction). The direct approach is especially important because it is the most immediate one and does not depend on other factors. Its beneficial impact on health has been confirmed in numerous independent scientific studies in different countries and the results have been published in specialized editions. One of the key OptimaLearning techniques, the Super Relaxation (reduction and elimination of accumulated stress) yields the same results as those by Dr. Benson mentioned above, that he labeled “the relaxation
