Random musings

I am going to continue from where I left last time about the talk by Sigrid Grobys on Stress Management techniques. The first thing that caught my attention was her age. She seemed to be in her early twenties. I won’t vouch for the accuracy of my assessment, as I often tend to get the age number wrong ;) But as soon as she started talking I remember feeling a sense of admiration for her diction. I mean not once did I hear a "ah" or any of the fillers that liberally peppers my talks. I really don’t have a word to describe her calm demeanor but there was something interesting.  Well enough of her and let me come to the point of her talk ;) Stress & the Autonomic Nervous System The first thing she did was to give a physiological definition of  stress . She defined it as the body’s response to something that is perceived as demanding. An important component of the body’s response mechanism lies with the so called Autonomic Nervous System or the control system o...

Till recently I was not into meditation. The problem was that I never quite understood what it was all about. The whole idea of doing nothing seemed quite beyond a hyperactive mind’s comprehension. The first time somebody tried to sell meditation was when I was a lowly undergraduate intern. One of my seniors/colleagues at work had apparently done some meditation and he did a hard sell on me. And he did such a good job that my expectations from the whole became rather mystical :D The dampener was when we got down to the nitty gritties. The idea of doing nothing was a far cry from the picture that I had in mind. And my first attempt at meditation lasted for perhaps less than a minute. I guess such was my performance that my friend didn’t attempt another sell on me. Then the next time I encountered the concept in a big way was when I got to know about Jitu. He was my classmate during graduation and we both got placed with the same company. And the last I heard of him he quit his job ...