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When author Hans Selye first published his now-classic book on the stress of life, he made the proposal that “no one part of the body must be disproportionately overworked for a long time.”  It’s like carrying a heavy suitcase for an extended period of time with one arm, when you feel the pain (stress) of that arm, then you shift the bag to the other arm, so that the stress is equalized and no one set of muscles is overworked.

Learning to relax under pressure and stress is not easy.  In fact, it’s downright tough to deal with high stress levels at work or at home and be able to effectively handle it without getting rest.  But here lies the catch-22, and that is that unless we rest appropriately, then we cannot handle stress in a positive manner.  So how can we relax under pressure?  Why not learn to take quick “power naps”?