Metrotherapy: Train Kept A Om-ing…
Jun 28th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Featured, Stress ManagementThe recent terrorist attacks in London have given rise to a great many things, but even we were surprised when we first heard of Metrotherapy.
The brainchild of therapist Ashok Gupta, Metrotherapy is a meditation system that can be performed in crowded public transportation areas to help ease anxiety, panic attacks and claustrophobia.
Gupta, who runs a Harley Street stress management clinic, says he came up with Metrotherapy over a year before the London attacks in response to patients’ wishes for a meditation system that they could utilize during the only free time that they really had during the day: the commute to and from work. The goal of the system, which is based on ordinary noises associated with a train, was to help people prepare for the day ahead, or unwind from the day behind them.
That goal has changed a little bit. Among the more interesting “tweaks” to Dr. Gupta’s program are instructions to secure all handbags before entering a meditative state, and the ability to allow practitioners to open their eyes briefly at each stop and check for “suspect packages.” I can’t help wondering if the mantra used is “Let’s roll!”
Seriously though, it does sound like an interesting program that can help commuters in a number of areas, not just the “fear of bomb-toting bad men” one. Metrotherapy comes in the form of a 20 minute CD that is available through the Metrotherapy website (http://www.metro-therapy.com).
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