Great and Easy Ways to Relieve Stress
Stress is more than just uncomfortable it’s also not healthy. Having a few stress relieving techniques can save your life. Disciplined practices such as pilates can help relieve stress, but what if you have no motivation or time? Maybe you need to try a few of these simple ways to relieve your stress.
1. Give somebody a big, gentle hug. Hugging usually entails getting a hug in return..and there is nothing more relaxing than being in someone Else’s arms.
2. Do it in a different way. Go talk to someone you usually don’t i.e. a member of the canteen staff, or eat lunch on the roof. Just doing anything that breaks the monotony of your normal behavior can relieve stress.
3. Give yourself a hot bath. It relaxes your muscles, and gives you a break from those more stressful activities. Some find that an alternating hot and cold shower is even more soothing.
4. Try keeping an eye your mind. Spot those nasty thoughts that lurk just below the surface (hunger, worry, a phone call you need to make) and you can resolve them and feel more relaxed. If you practice this awareness exercise, it may become one of your favorite relaxation techniques.
5. Try laughing. A great way for me to laugh is to stand in front of a mirror, stark naked! That always gives me a good laugh; especially first thing in the morning. Just ensure it is a good ‘belly laugh’, one that makes your sides hurt and you become short of breath. Not only will it relax you but it burns calories too!
6. Use music. Keep your favorites at the office, in the car, or wherever you’ll need it most. Music can calm that stress that is found in all of us. Choose the tunes that bring up happy memories and use those to help you.
7. Exit the room for a while. This can really help if the things in the room or related to it are triggering your stressful thoughts. Why not get out for a little while? Just remember to not slam the door after you!
8. Take deep breaths. Try five deep breaths through your nose. Close your eyes and pay attention only to your breathing while doing this. It’s like a mini-meditation, and perhaps the most effective of the quick relaxation techniques.
9. Hydrate yourself with something decaffeinated. Caffeine is a stimulant and causes a rapid heartbeat and increased mental stimulation. This can cause feelings of stress and anxiety.
10. Get out. If you have at least ten minutes to spare, going for a walk is one of the best stress release techniques. While you’re at it, admire the view or go and talk to that person in technique 2.
Be happy, positive thinking, positive feeling ….. the keyword to relieve stress
Great and Easy Ways to Relieve Stress By amnom | October 13, 2011
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