Meditation can wipe away the day’s stress, bringing with it inner peace. See how you can easily learn to practice meditation whenever you need it most.

If stress has you anxious, tense and worried, consider trying meditation. Spending even just a few minutes in meditation can restore calm and inner peace.

Meditation has been practiced for thousands of years. Meditation originally was meant to help deepen understanding of the sacred and mystical forces of life. These days, meditation is commonly used for relaxation and stress reduction. Anyone can practice meditation. It’s simple and inexpensive, and it doesn’t require any special equipment.

Let’s Relax!

Relaxation techniques are an essential part of stress management. Relaxation isn’t just about finding some quiet time or enjoying a hobby. Relaxation is a process that helps you repair the toll that stress takes on your mind and body.

Almost everyone can benefit from learning relaxation techniques. Relaxation techniques usually involve refocusing your attention to something calming and increasing awareness of your body. Common relaxation techniques include meditation and yoga. Almost any type of exercise is a great stress buster. It doesn’t matter which relaxation technique you choose. What matters is that you practice relaxation regularly.

Here is the second installment on stress…

Stress Relief

Do you know anyone who isn’t stressed out these days? The pace of our lives makes stress management a necessary skill for all of us. Learning to identify your problems and implement solutions is the key to successful stress relief. The first step in stress relief is identifying your stress triggers. Some causes of stress are obvious — job loss, a divorce, the death of a loved one. But small, daily hassles and demands such as a long commute or trouble finding child care also contribute to your stress level.

Once you’ve identified a stressful situation, you can start thinking about strategies to make it less problematic. Sometimes, the solution may be as easy as turning off the TV when the evening news is too depressing. When you can’t avoid a stressful situation, try brainstorming ways to reduce the irritation factor. And don’t feel like you have to figure it out all on your own. Seek help and support from family and friends. You may want to ask them what stress-relief techniques have worked well for them.

Stress won’t disappear from your life. And stress management isn’t an overnight cure. But with practice, you’ll learn how to reduce your stress level and increase your ability to cope with life’s challenges.

I’m going to continue my stress management content, I get a lot of requests for this… so here you have it.  It will be a 3 part series, so look forward to reading each post!  Have a fabulous day everyone and please share if you like the post.

The Basics of Stress

Stress is a normal psychological and physical reaction to the demands of life. Your brain comes hard-wired with an alarm system for your protection. When your brain perceives a threat, your body releases a burst of hormones to fuel your fight-or-flight response. When the threat is gone, your body returns to normal. Unfortunately, the nonstop stress of modern life means that your alarm system rarely shuts off.

That’s why stress management is so important. Stress management gives you the tools to reset your alarm system. Without stress management, your body is always on red alert. Over time, that level of stress leads to serious health problems. Don’t wait until then to combat stress. Start learning stress management techniques now.

RELAXATION TECHNIQUES

It seems my most sought after post on my blog was stress related, and since I’m a huge fan of stress reduction here are a couple of fantastic techniques to reduce your stress ANYWHERE!  Use them often…

Deep Breathing

Deep breathing is one of the easiest stress management techniques to learn and the best thing about it is it can be done anywhere! When we become stressed, one of our body’s automatic reactions is shallow, rapid breathing, which can increase our stress response. Taking deep, slow breaths is an antidote to stress and is one way we can “turn-off” our stress reaction and “turn-on” the relaxation response. Deep breathing is the foundation of many other relaxation exercises.

• Get into a comfortable position, either sitting or lying down.
• Put one hand on your stomach, just below your rib cage.
• Slowly breathe in through your nose. Your stomach should feel like rising and expanding outward.
• Exhale slowly through your mouth, emptying your lungs completely and letting your stomach fall.
• Repeat several times until you feel relaxed.
• Practice several times a day.

Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Our muscles respond to thoughts of perceived threats with tension, which is one of the most common stress symptoms. Too much tension can cause stiffness and may result in headaches, stiff necks and backaches. One way to relieve this tension is through Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR). It involves tensing, then relaxing the body muscles from head to toe. Since PMR can increase blood pressure, people with hypertension should not use this technique.

• Wear lose, comfortable clothing. Sit or lie down somewhere comfortable.
• Begin with your facial muscles and frown hard for 5 –10 seconds, and then relax all your muscles.
• Work other facial muscles by clenching your jaw, tightly closing your eyes, and raising your eyebrows for 5 –10 seconds. Feel the tension in these muscles and then release.

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A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, “How heavy is this glass of water?”

Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.

The lecturer replied, “The absolute weight doesn’t matter.  It depends on how long you try to hold it.  If I hold it for a minute, it’s not a problem.  If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my right arm.  If I hold it for a day, you’ll have to call an ambulance.  In each case, it’s the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.”

(Natural News) People with more stressful jobs have a higher risk of developing heart disease, according to a study conducted by researchers from University College London and published in the European Heart Journal.

Researchers monitored a group of British civil servants for 12 years, collecting data including their heart rates, blood pressure, blood levels of the stress hormone cortisol, how they felt about their jobs, and information about their diet, exercise, smoking and drinking habits.