Tips to relieve stress

Each and every one of us knows what stress is and also has it. It is what motivates us daily to ensure that we are functioning at our best.

But just as high blood pressure and high cholesterol are not good to us, stress must be managed otherwise it can get out of control and can be detrimental to our health.

For those who are constantly on the edge with stress, here are some tips to counter stress:

1.       Take a nap: To take a nap is a simple, yet effective way to relax. It is there to refresh body and mind. An effective nap does not need to be long. It can be between 15 and 20 minutes. Longer naps can make you groggy and even make you toss and turn during your normal night time sleep.

2.       Keep a journal: make a habit to write your journal or diary daily at the end of the working day when at home. It is an excellent way to relax and to put things that caused excessive stress or problems in perspective and it also cleans up your mind – like emptying the recycle bin on your computer! (Talking about computers; instead of writing a journal or diary, what about Blogging? But remember, then it is public!)

3.       Take a walk in the park: Taking a walk in a park will allow you to look and listen to nature around you instead of thinking and worrying.

4.       Listen to good music: make time to listen to good, soothing music – it let you relax.

5.       Take a bath: A warm bath with the necessary bath salts or foam bath will ease the effects of tension and put you in a better state of mind.

6.       Make a joke: Laugh and the world laugh with you. This is true. Making a joke out of or during a tense situation will immediately lose some of its weight. 

These tips are simple and easy to follow but all will help you to create a peaceful and reflective space in your hectic daily schedule!

Kindness

People remember striking physical beauty, but people appreciate kindness. Stress is one of the killers of kindness: when we feel pressured, we tend to pull away from others in a misguided attempt to save ourselves from more pain. In fact, this protective measure is exactly the opposite of what we need to do to reduce stress. When you reach out to people, it invariably makes you feel good. You do not read much about kindness these days, and it's a real shame, because it's one of the few things that really count.

Kindness can take so many forms; it's hard to know where to start in describing it. Sometimes being kind just means not pressing an advantage when you could. Letting someone in front of you at the supermarket is a small gift: so is taking a minute to talk to someone who is sad. Kindness is more than doing things for other people, though. When you are kind to someone, you are stretching a set of mental or spiritual muscles, growing your own capacity for compassion. It is a no-lose proposition.

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