Stress & Compassion with Dr. James Doty

Stress... We all experience stress daily and dance with it in different ways. In this short YouTube video, Dr. James Doty examines how the negative effects of stress can be neutralized by compassion. More specifically, Dr. Doty suggests doing a daily practice that he calls "10 Letters of the Alphabet" to put his mind and heart into a state of ease by engaging the parasympathetic nervous system. Listen and discover how Dr. Doty's 10 attributes, each corresponding with 10 letters of the alphabet (CDEFGHIJKL) can help you neutralize stress. Here are three examples: C = compassion, D = dignity, E = equanimity.