Spiritualist Deepak Chopra shares his thoughts on beating holiday stress.
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Chopra on holiday stress; Spiritualist Deepak Chopra shares his thoughts on beating holiday stress with CNN's Carol Lin.
DEEPAK CHOPRA, AUTHOR, SPIRITUALIST: It is a performance anxiety. You know, you have to meet so many people. You have to call so many people. You have to buy presents for so many people. You have deadlines. At the same time, you're trying to balance, you know, your work with your family. And so, people just get too stressed out about meeting expectations.
LIN: Do you feel that way?
CHOPRA: They worry about it.
LIN: Do you feel that way? Because everybody expects you to be relaxed and at peace. I mean, that's a lot of pressure.
CHOPRA: Yes, no I don't feel that way. For me, every day is the same. And the holidays are a time to relax and be happy and get in touch with yourself and renew yourself and rejuvenate yourself.
LIN: How do you get to that place, especially if, for example, you do feel that pressure from your family to perform? Or even if you're grieving the loss of a loved one and the holidays remind you of that loss? How do you get through it?
CHOPRA: I think the worst thing you can do is be in denial. So if you're grieving the loss of a loved one, get in touch with your grief. You know, feel the sensations that accompany the grief in your body. Ask yourself what am I feeling? What's the need here?
Nurture the remembrance of that grief, and also the person that you've lost. And in order not to let that totally overwhelm you, also put your awareness and your heart and experience all the things that you could be grateful for.
LIN: How...
CHOPRA: Just think...
LIN: Uh-huh.
CHOPRA: Just think...
LIN: How do you get to that place, though? I mean, how do you -- do you believe in prayer? Do you believe in meditation? Or just simply slowing down...
CHOPRA: No...
LIN: ...you know, not turning away from that list of things to do.
CHOPRA: Prayer is extremely useful. Meditation is extremely useful. Sitting quietly, feeling the sensations in your body is extremely useful.
But most importantly, you know, put your attention in your heart. And think right now I would say to the audience, think right now of all the things in your life that you could be grateful for.
One of the best ways to overcome depression or to overcome grief is to experience gratitude or think of someone that you're holding a grievance against. So resentment. And say I'm letting it go.
Or say I'm not going to be attached to my idea of how things should be. You know, these are things you need to tell yourself. But the most important thing, really, is to quiet your internal dialogue, and experience the stillness that's in you.
And you can do that in so many ways. You can watch your breath. You can repeat a phrase like, "Thy Will be Done" or "The Lord is my Shepherd." Or you can just feel the sensations in your body. Or you can feel the area of your heart. Any of these things are very useful.
LIN: Body aware.
CHOPRA: Body aware.
LIN: And just surrendering to your feelings and allowing yourself to feel whatever it is that you feel.
CHOPRA: And constantly asking yourself what am I observing? What am I feeling? What's the need and how do I fulfill this need in a relationship?
Usually, it's something about, you know, self esteem, or love, or ego ambitions, or higher guidance, whatever it is. Ask yourself, what do I need at this moment?
LIN: Dr. Chopra, good advice. I'll take it. As well, many of us here in the news room, you know. We deal with a lot of the stresses of the world, too. Thanks so much.
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