Quick Ways to Relieve Stress
We are currently living in a capitalist society where money and power rule. Therefore, many of us have become workaholics and often overlook signs of tiredness in order to stay on track. However, there is a slight problem we do not know how to manage our stress, which is definitely not a good thing! Stress has been linked to mental or emotional such as depression, anxiety, and anger. It also related to physical illnesses such as weakens the immune system. Therefore, it is more than important that you constantly work on reducing your stress level in order to maintain your overall health.
To release stress, you must pause and give your body the opportunity to go into a different "mode". You want to "change your vibrations" from the inside. Firstly, you should become conscious and aware of your thoughts and feelings. When they are negative or when you are feeling uneasy, disturbed, anxious and others, you should know that you are resonating with what you don't want.
Try to figure out what is bothering you. All feelings, subtle or intense, are preceded by a thought or outside stimulant. Do whatever you need to do to re-focus your attention, so that you change your state, which changes your resonance. The following activities will change your state in the moment, and, if practiced as part of your routine of life, they will help to permanently reprogram you.
· Take rhythmic breaths - any rhythm is fine through your nose
· "Sigh" deeply - if you're in a state of tension/anxiety only, not if you're depressed.
· Long breaths in or rapid, strong breaths out - Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth. This breath will wake you up from depression.
· Alter your physiology - Tony Robbins is big on this one. Change the way you stand, the way you hold your shoulders and head, the way you walk, look up instead of down, smile instead of frown.
· Talk to yourself until you change your perception and thoughts and see the situation from a new perspective.
· Talk to someone else who is willing to listen, and/or can help you see things differently.
· Visualize - create a mental picture of what you want, in full detail.
· Affirm - repeat meaningful, inspiring affirmations or statements.
· Meditate - sit quietly and breathe gently even five minutes is beneficial.
· Pray positively - as if you believe you deserve the "good" in life.
· Give gratitude - think of what you have to be thankful for.
· Relax - lie down, relax and listen to peaceful music, a subliminal or "healing" tape.
· Be entertained - watch a TV program you enjoy; rent a video; go to a movie, etc.
· Take a brisk walk - bring your walkman and listen to a positive tape or uplifting music.
· Exercise - jog, run, lift weights, go to the gym, go bowling and others
· Movement - do yoga postures, tai chi, flowing dance movements and others
· Does something creative - sing, draw, dance, write, play drums, paint, play the piano, mold clay, finger paint, etc.
· Play at your hobby - if you don't have one, and have been thinking about it, pursue that hobby, for it will help you in the future to change your resonance.
· Read from a motivating or inspiring book - a few pages will do as long as it's enough to change your focus.
· Listen to a few moments of a tape that informs, inspires and/or motivates you.
· Laugh - if you can't think of anything funny, read from a funny book, watch a funny TV show or video, or do whatever it takes to laugh.
In time you'll find that many of your attitudes and responses are automatically different. You will be less "charged" by things and people that formerly bothered you and you will more frequently vibrate with higher, more positive frequencies, and those frequencies will draw more of the things you want to you.
The above is taken from Dynamic Self-Healing Manuals.
