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Breathing Relaxation Exercise

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This 4 min breathing exercise can be very helpful when you are feeling tense or on edge.
Remember, deep breathing helps to slow down the nervous system, and helps to ease anxiety and stress.

A Few Ways to Manage & Relieve Stress

Step 1

Determine the source(s) of your stress. What causes your blood to boil on a regular basis? Makes your muscles tense? Makes you want to pull your hair out? The sooner you are able to target what triggers your stress the closer you will come to discovering methods of dealing with it.

Step 2

Evaluate your diet and lifestyle. Things such as smoking and excess alcohol consumption only aggravate stress. A healthy diet and plenty of water can help reduce daily stress.

Step 3

Get plenty of sleep. Eight to ten hours of sleep is essential for stress reduction, among other things. Have trouble sleeping? Try taking a relaxing bath before bedtime, reduce TV watching in late evening, or drinking a cup of chamomile tea. Try to go to bed around the same time every night.

Step 4

Get some exercise. Walking for 20 minutes a day can help reduce stress along with numerous other physical activities.

Step 5

Find quiet time each day. Whether its meditating, praying, or just practicing deep breathing, all these techniques are proven to help reduce and relieve stress when done on a regular basis. Learn to clear your mind of the events of the day and focus on total and complete silence and peace. Usually twenty minutes a day is found beneficial for stress management.

Step 6

Learn to laugh. Laughter is a proven way to lower stress hormones, boost the immune system, and improve digestion. Don't feel like laughing? Fake laughter seems to be just as beneficial and can lead to genuine laughter. 

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What is Stress?

Stress is a normal physical response to events that make you feel threatened or upset your balance in some way. When you sense danger – whether it’s real or imagined – the body's defenses kick into high gear in a rapid, automatic process known as the “fight-or-flight” reaction, or the stress response.

The stress response is the body’s way of protecting you. When working properly, it helps you stay focused, energetic, and alert. In emergency situations, stress can save your life – giving you extra strength to defend yourself, for example, or spurring you to slam on the brakes to avoid an accident.

The stress response also helps you rise to meet challenges. Stress is what keeps you on your toes during a presentation at work, sharpens your concentration when you’re attempting the game-winning free throw, or drives you to study for an exam when you'd rather be watching TV.

But beyond a certain point, stress stops being helpful and starts causing major damage to your health, your mood, your productivity, your relationships, and your quality of life.

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Welcome!

Imagine a life without constant stress and anxiety. Imagine leading your happiest and most fulfilled life. What would it be like? In this blog we will explore ways to help you feel calmer, stronger, and more empowered.