 Charles will take you on a journey to the heart of yourself and bring you back with a sense of possibility and a profound feeling of calm readiness for whats next Peta Heskell | Press Release 12th January 2007#### 12th January 2007 BEGINS Decisions....Decisions. Will they be the death of you? "I can't decide" - "How will I know for sure?" - "I don't know what I really want"... For a large number of people, making a decision is a major cause for stress, and when indecisiveness is prolonged over a period of time, it can also become a major health issue. Commenting on the recent BBC news item - "Snap Decisions Sometimes the Best", Janice Moore, Director of Communications for Kingston based Relaxation Training specialists The 4th R, said that we're producing a nation of people who will have a tough time in life because of their diabolical decision making skills. She added: "There isn't enough in the school curriculum to encourage children to utilize their inbuilt, involuntary sub conscious processes. The result of this is that people end up having a tough time making decisions, as seen by the number of clients that come to us with symptoms of lethargy, apathy, ambivalence, inertia and chronic procrastination. So many people either simply can't reach any decision, and remain in limbo because of it, or they decide, but instead of committing and taking action, they keep thinking about it until analysis paralysis kicks in" It's hard to imagine how relaxation training can help people for whom an inability to decide has become a major cause of stress and anxiety, but The 4th R teach a system called Functional Relaxation, which is teaching people how to make relaxed their day-to-day way of being, and it includes a very specific kind of decision making training. Janice explained: "The key to successful decision making is two-fold. The result of a decision should enable the person to remain at their best, and it should also move them toward the life they want to be living. Ultimately, the decision must be a match for who it is they are becoming, not who they believed themselves to be yesterday, or who they believe themselves to be today, and certainly not what they think they should be doing. This approach to decision making requires a radical shift in most people's thinking - from doing, to a way of being that is future oriented. If a person learnt how they are when they are at their best, and if they were helped to discover what it is they really want in life, they could use these internal co-ordinates as a "Northern Star" to guide them in their decision making. This is an aspect of the decision making training that we provide within the Functional Relaxation program" A top tip that Janice offers anyone with a decision to make is to ask the question "Will doing "X" enable me to remain at my best and keep me on track toward the life I want to be having?" Notes to editor 2. The 4th R have been the first organization to become established for the study, research and teaching of relaxation for health in the UK. It aims to advance the education of the public and health professionals in all matters relating to relaxation for health, and to preserve and protect the health of the general public by giving advice, assistance and training on how to be relaxed. The 4th R do this by providing information in its own publications and through media contributions; by conducting a series of community educational programs and events, and by providing educational courses currently ranging from introductory group lessons to private lessons to weekend long training programs. 3. Indecisiveness is a major cause of stress and anxiety, and is consequently damaging to health. Withdrawal, aggression, insomnia and intolerance are just some of the indicators of stress or anxiety. 4. The 4th R produce a free bi-monthly publication called "Relaxation Matters". It teaches people how to relax. It is available at www.the4thr.co.uk or call 020-8974-8974 The 4th R ##### |
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