Stress Management :P

Learn How to Relax Your Mind and Body

Unfortunately, there's no magical way to escape the high levels of stress you face each day in raising your children alone. That's why you need to find effective methods of coping and taking care of yourself each and every day.
Here is a list of ten effective relaxation techniques. Pick one and begin to apply it each day.
And remember, it won't feel natural right away. In fact, it might not feel natural to you for quite some time! But learning to de-stress is a gift you deserve to give to yourself, and it's one you'll never regret.

1. Learn to Breathe Deeply

Learn how to relax, whether you're taking a quick break during a busy workday, or you're teaching yourself to unwind after the kids are in bed. Learn how with these quick and easy techniques explained in this 2-minute video presentation from About's Guide to Alternative Medicine.

2. Practice Yoga

What's great about Yoga is that it relaxes both your mind and your body. If you've never tried it, you might be surprised to find that it's actually an amazing workout, and it's a great way to heal the effects of stress and tension have on your entire body. Find out how to get started with About's Guide to Yoga.

3. Meditate

The benefits of regular meditation include physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being. Give yourself 20 minutes a day to practice these breathing techniques from About's Guide to Anxiety and Panic Disorders.

4. Use Guided Imagery

Is there someplace else you'd rather be right now? Transport yourself to another place and time with this simple relaxation technique from About's Guide to Stress Management.

5. Clear the Clutter

One effective way to reduce stress is to reduce the clutter around you so that you're surrounded by clarity instead of chaos. Learn how with the 7 steps outlined in this 2-minute video presentation from Anne Marie Barton.

6. Get Organized

Do you feel like you're always missing appointments and forgetting important events? Learn to reduce stress by keeping track of everything using this easy and efficient calendar system.

7. Listen to Music that Relaxes You

Another way to reduce stress is to surround yourself with sounds that soothe your heart and soul. Get a list of the best stress-reducing CDs from About's Guide to Stress Management.

8. Practice Using Positive Self-Talk

Eliminate the negative thoughts that course through your mind, and replace them with positive, encouraging words to lift your spirits and help you continue to press on. Alter your thoughts with these tips from About's Guide to Stress Management.

9. Guided Meditation: Breakthrough

A guided meditation can erase your mind of the stress that presses upon you and leave you feeling refreshed and capable. Consider recording this guided mediation from About's Guide to Healing onto a tape recorder so you can listen to it with your eyes closed.

10. Create a Mini-Spa Experience at Home

Do you need some pampering? Learn to relax right at home with this step-by-step system for creating a mini-spa from About's Guide to Spas.

Tip To Focus and improve your mind

We all know that mind is the center of everything, thus improving it will make your life easier and happier. 

Ways to focus and improve your mind are the following:

1. Witness your thoughts. No one can stop thinking entirely; it is impossible. If you start trying not to think, you only end up thinking about how to stop thinking! What you can do, however, is to withdraw from your thoughts and become more of an objective spectator.

2. Picture your mind as a blank canvas or a dark sky. Allow your thoughts to come and go, but resist the urge to follow each one. Your brain will eventually slow down and you will feel less pressured.

3. Count. If you find it difficult to let go of your thoughts, try counting slowly as you breathe. Watch your thoughts and try to resist following them. Turn your attention to the count as you breathe out.

4. Pay active attention. As you work and think, try to keep your attention on the task at hand. Be strict with yourself and each time your mind wanders, return it to the task. As you keep refocusing your attention, your “mind stillness” will improve.

5. Still your body. One sign of fragmented attention is fragmented movement. For example, when you are at the theatre, it is easy to tell if others around you are fully attentive to the performance. People who sniff and sigh, move their heads this away and that, and wiggle in their seats are having some difficulty concentrating. Rapt attention is usually accompanied by still body posture.

6. Find a comfortable position and don’t allow yourself to move. Concentrate on what you are doing or watching, drawing your attention away from physical distractions, and focus your thoughts on your task. After a while, you will notice that you fidget less and feel less physical discomfort. You are now channeled into mental exertion.

7. Interest your mind. Try to find interest in projects to help you concentrate. Taking up a new hobby can be a tremendous help. You should also try to find something interesting even in the dullest chore. If you are at a gathering, find someone and start a conversation. Be inquisitive and you might discover you have similar interests.

8. Open the mind. Just as strength, stamina and flexibility must be incorporated in your physical routine, the mind needs new and absorbing challenges to give it a change from its everyday journey. Notice something new on the same way home that you might not have noticed before. Buy a magazine on a subject you normally wouldn’t look at, read it, and open yourself to new possibilities.

Kier Anthony Bajamonde

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