The document discusses the importance of breastfeeding for stress management. It states that the roots of stress lie in hormonal and metabolic processes, so stress management approaches that do not address these deeper processes are ineffective. The document argues that depriving mothers and babies of breastfeeding causes severe stress for both, as well as increased health risks. It asserts that this stress cannot be managed through counseling or workshops alone, but requires enabling breastfeeding, such as by allowing it in public places. The document presents an analogy that effective total stress management is like a mother nourishing a child through breastfeeding.

1. BREAST
FEEDING
AND
STRESS
DR.
SHRINIWAS
KASHALIKAR

2. After decades of working on STRESS MANAGEMENT; I have
begun to realize that the seeds of STRESS are located deep
down in the hormonal and metabolic activities. Hence the stress
management workshops and counseling, which do not reach
thus far; are either merely palliative, or completely ineffective
or actually counterproductive.
The case in point is; breast feeding.
Breast feeding is a vital part of the instinct of parental care.
In modern days; women are forced to wean the babies earlier
that desired. The mothers suffer deprivation of maternal
instinct on the one hand and the babies suffer the deprivation of
the instinctual need of physical proximity, touch and suckling
on the other!
This causes severe stress in the mother and child; besides
increasing the chances of breast malignancy and abscesses in
the mothers; and defective growth and infections in babies!

3. This stress along with the other adverse effects; cannot be
managed by counseling and/or stress management workshops!
It cannot be managed by anything other than breast feeding!
Total Stress Management therefore; insists on adequate
arrangements for breast feeding; especially in public places
such as airports, railway stations, bus stations, schools, colleges
factories, offices etc.
Let us understand therefore; the analogy; that the theory and
practice of Total Stress Management is like the breast feeding,
of the mankind by the Mother Nature! The Mother Nature
meets in the form of Guru; called, mauli (mother), because
he/she feeds us the divine sap of NAMASMARAN (the core of
Total Stress Management) and blossoms us -the universe, even
though we-the infantile mankind- is unaware of it!
References:
1. Stress: Understanding and Management; Dr. Shriniwas
Janardan Kashalikar
2. Namasmaran: Dr. Shriniwas Janardan Kashalikar

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