Q#9 - Easy 8 Stress Management Techniques to Implement today!

#9) Some stress management techniques:

The following techniques can help reduce stress in your life and help you live the more balanced life that you were meant to live:

1. Exercise regularly: Exercise has so many stress management and health benefits, and for many of us, nighttime is when it best fits our schedules.
   
   *Light exercise like yoga or walking at night can also help sleep as it releases tension without over-stimulating the body.
   
   *Exercise in water can reduce stress even more. When you are in water, you are more buoyant; gravity takes a much gentler toll on your body, so the tension created in your muscles just by holding you up gets released. To inspire yourself, just think about the great personalities and what they do to avoid getting stressed out. Do you know what Anil Ambani does to relieve his stress? He goes for a jog in the morning!!!
   
   On days you do not have time for exercise consider doing the following:
   *When you genuinely do not have time for exercise, alternatively you can at least do some light stretching and bending exercise at your office desk. *Taking a deep breath in and letting it out like a sigh making sound will help you to feel better.
   *Sitting up and raising your arms straight up and down can also help you release at least some part of that tension that has accumulated in your body.
   
2. Breathing: The amazing stress-reducer that you have with you right now is your breathing. That's right. The method in which you take air into your body is an ESSENTIAL part of you releasing stress and becoming more relaxed.
   
3. Yoga, meditation, tai chi: Some powerful practices like yoga, meditation or tai chi are the best herb for being stress free. Yoga is a wonderful practice for reducing stress. It gives complete relaxation to body as well as mind. It helps you to concentrate and focus on some particular things. It's the best relief for stress. Same is the case with meditation. The perfect antidote to stress is relaxation and meditation...and the perfect form of meditation is hypnosis. When you are stressed it's as though your brain is preparing your body to fight or run away…and it is! Stress causes strain on the body…and the strain can lead to illness…unless we do something about it...like practice relaxation and meditation with hypnosis.
   
   Other effective stress release techniques:
   
4. Laugh: Laughter therapy is gaining grounds firmly in India. Medical research has shown that laughter decreases blood pressure and heart rate, increases oxygen in the blood, creates an enzyme that protects your stomach from stress, and strengthens the immune system.
   
   
5. Eat a good breakfast:Studies show that eating breakfast is one of the healthiest habits we can adopt. Yet, most people do not pay attention to their breakfast and some don’t even bother having it. Having a good breakfast is very healthy! Remember unless you put fuel to your car, it does not run. Same is the case with human body…
   
   
6. Cultivate a hobby: Start something you always wanted, it can be working in the garden (amazing) or learning how to make pots (even more amazing), working out is good, running or swimming, in fact almost any kind of regular physical activity is good. Just get started!!
   
   
7. Listen to music:
   Music can soothe your mind and body to the point that it’s now being used as a therapeutic tool by many practitioners. You can use music to your benefit by playing relaxing tunes before bed, and throughout the evening to help you unwind and release tension as bedtime approaches.
   
   
8. Journaling: Journaling has many stress and health benefits, making it a great way to end the day. Writing in a journal before bed can clear your mind, help you process emotions, solve problems, mentally prepare for the next day, make plans, and get your thoughts out of your head and on the page, where they can be picked up the next morning.

This concludes the series "UNDERSTANDING STRESS". If you're reading this and you've missed any of the 9 postings related to this subject; simply look for headings that begin with Q#1 through Q#8 and you can read each posting individually.

I hope you've enjoyed learning this series and you found it to be informative and most importantly, you've begun to implement what you've learned into ACTION.

Please post and share with me any changes you've made since you began reading this series. We've covered - different types of stress, what causes it; how it affects you physically and mentally; signs of stress and many different ways you can minimize non-supportive stress.

Until next issue...breathe - choose to remain peaceful and enjoy this moment as it is!!

Sincerely, Nada

Nada Adams is a Business Intuitive who brings razor sharp Clarity to empower clients in Maximizing Success & Fulfilling Goals with Peace and Balance.

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