STARS stressbuster sequence to turn the force of the panic against itself.  You can stretch and tense and strain your muscles, you can breathe deeply, and hold it a moment. And then, as you release, you relax for a moment.  You continue the STARS sequences until your panic collapses in on itself.  

The STARS sequence combines the benefits of the various promising anxiety reduction methods into a single highly powerful product.  STARS stands for stretch, tense, air, release/relax, and suggestion.  

Components

<> Stretching your muscles releases tension, and is a component of many Eastern practices including yoga, Tai Chi, & Qui Gong.  

<> A panic attack involves an high physiological arousal that are unpleasant only so long as you are sedentary.  Tensing and stressing your muscles consumes the physiological arousal aspect of anxiety.

<> As you stretch and tense, and breathe deeply, and hold it, you consume your physiological over-arousal and wear yourself out, and your muscles yearn to release and relax.  So when instructed to let go, your muscles relax almost as if automatically, by themselves.  

<> Stretching from one side to the other produces the bilateral stimulation that is thought to power the highly effective EMDR therapy

<> Shallow breathing is common to panic attacks.  Deep breathing counters the constriction of shallow breathing.

<> As you notice your muscles responding to your suggestions to relax, you gain confidence and can give yourself further positive, constructive suggestions.

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