{"id":1701,"date":"2011-07-08T23:30:12","date_gmt":"2011-07-09T03:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/blog\/?p=1701"},"modified":"2011-10-30T13:37:03","modified_gmt":"2011-10-30T17:37:03","slug":"reduce-high-blood-pressure-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/2011\/07\/08\/reduce-high-blood-pressure-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to Reduce High Blood Pressure Fast? Then Slow Down."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Last week one of my staff members was laughing about an experience she had at her best friend\u2019s house. She was talking about how she had gone over to help her pal get some furniture rearranged and one of the pieces was an old drawer designed to hold vinyl LP record albums.<\/p>\n

Her children and her friend\u2019s children were there to \u201chelp\u201d and they wanted to relocate the record albums to a new piece of furniture her friend had just bought. The kids were looking at the albums and asked if they could play one of the Kiss ones.<\/p>\n

It was a live album, and the moms agreed that yes, this was good chore music. Once the album started to play, though, one of the kids asked, \u201cHow do we skip to \u2018Beth\u2019?\u201d He was holding the remote to the whole-house stereo, to which they had hooked the record player.<\/p>\n

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The 2 friends apparently laughed and at the same time said, \u201cYou don\u2019t on a record. Just listen to all the songs, okay?\u201d The kids were stunned and I guess just looked at each other like, \u201cThis does not compute\u2026I have to WAIT for the song?\u201d<\/p>\n

Now those of us who remember those old records know that you can lift the needle manually and count over the number of rings to locate the right song\u2026but this also causes a risk of scratching the record, so they didn\u2019t want to risk it and have the kids fiddling with it. Their response was, \u201csuck it up and wait.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it brings up a good point, and one that we see played out every day in the grown up world\u2026the development of technology has kind of plunked us into a place where not only do we hate to wait for something, we can\u2019t even sometimes grasp the idea that we HAVE to wait.<\/p>\n

We get emails all the time\u2026frequently multiple emails\u2026from people who might not have received an immediate answer, and sent email after email after email. While my staff tries pretty hard to get to all the many email issues we receive in a timely way, we are all still humans answering the questions and that actually takes time.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I can hear someone say, \u2018well poor thing\u2026no wonder you have a blood pressure problem\u2019 in a sympathetic and knowing way as they respond to the flood from just one person.<\/p>\n

The anxiety that comes with the state of being called \u2018Impatience\u2019 is one that is really hard to overcome. In fact, it\u2019s the very anxiety that can only be cured by stamping down the reflex of impatience.<\/p>\n

I am as guilty as others sometimes. If I email staff and need a response to something, I like to know the answer right away. And it\u2019s the primary reason that all my programs are offered electronically\u2026so my clients can have the download instantly.<\/p>\n

But when we immerse ourselves into the culture of instant gratification, it becomes more of a disease than anything else\u2026instant-gratification-itis.<\/p>\n

The symptoms of this disease are anxiety, insomnia, high blood pressure, irritability, and headaches. Add to that the indirect symptoms that arise from poor judgment such as erratic driving and relationship sabotage and you have the makings of a very unhealthy life, indeed.<\/p>\n

The test for this disease is simple. Pick what you would consider to be the busiest time of day and sit in a chair for 15 minutes, doing nothing during that time. Turn off the ringers on the phones and ignore the emails.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t answer the knock at the office door, and leave the mess on the counter at home.<\/p>\n

Can\u2019t do it? Then you have it, bad.<\/p>\n

Or maybe you can\u2019t do it because others around you are afflicted and you are experiencing co-lateral damages.<\/p>\n

The point to all this is that while gadgets, time-saving innovations, and increases in posted speed limits have their merits, they also are a hindrance to those struggling with a patience problem. They are the \u201cenablers\u201d of those addicted to \u201cinstant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like I said earlier, I totally get it about the workflow thing, and wanting to maximize efficiency. I like a smooth, streamlined process as much as the next guy. However, I do also try to be wary of my own state of being and if I see myself getting frustrated at the computer because the page doesn\u2019t load before I even click the button\u2026it\u2019s time for a focused break.<\/p>\n

Your break might be 15 minutes of watching the birds out your office window. It might be deep breathing or a meditation in the morning to start your day.<\/p>\n

Or, you might be using the Hypertension No More <\/a>exercises to train your body to stop craving \u201cinstant\u201d and become stronger and more patient.<\/p>\n

Whatever tool you decide to use, the important thing is to find one and be consistent. Then you too can reach the level of peace that my staff member and her friend seem to enjoy and be able to listen to the whole album without searching for the fast forward button.<\/p>\n

I encourage you to have a look at the natural method to eliminate high blood pressure<\/a>. And coming soon, I will have an iPhone\/Android App <\/a>that you can use, too. After all\u2026we can\u2019t cure the need for instant gratification overnight. We might as well use technology to help us reach our patience goal!<\/p>\n

Warm regards,<\/p>\n

Christian Goodman<\/p>\n

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