The new year started fresh but I know a lot of you are still under stress. Good enough to start my first blog item with giving you the ability how to reduce stress from your mind, body and soul.
Sit back, relax and let me talk to you…
Don’t you forget we live in a world of stress, from childhood to old days at home, in the work place .it keeps us awake at night. Stress ruins our days and tons of other activities.
And so we often ask, how can I get rid of the anxieties of life.
How can I get free from STRESS.
Some people take exercise other takes yoga, other do meditation something, anything, but my understanding is this:
There is no getting away from STRESS, yes you can’t get away from it. The age we all living in is the age of STRESS.
This is a world of STRESS. A time of STRESS.
You breath it, you see it, you hear it and what to do ????
You can learn to manage it and to tolerate it how not to identify it and it’s effects.
Now how do you do that ?? Here it comes…..
Change your approach to the factor STRESS and change your approach to life by remembering this mantra : BE ANCHORED you got it yes BE ANCHORED
What do I really mean :
Envisage a ship or boat anchored at sea, Storms/ hurricanes may come one after another the boat may toss this way and that and furniture inside may go flying. Some people get seasick, but the boat doesn’t go anywhere.
Why ???
Clear…It’s Anchored !!
So you be anchored, find the place in life that you want to be in based on who you really are. Find what your inner-self really wants from life and anchor to that.
Once you keep bringing yourself back to that place by constant remembrance of your identity values and goals then you can learn to manage STRESS.
At the fresh start of this new year I would like to share ten tips how to be calm and reduce STRESS:
- MEDITATE
Just a few minutes a day of meditation can help to ease your stress and anxiety.
- BREATHE DEEPLY
When you are feeling stressed, take time to focus on breathing deeply. Close your eyes, sit up straight and focus on nothing but breathing deeply.
- REACH OUT
Having a solid social support system is a good key to reduce stress.
Reach out to close friends and your family in time of need.
- EXERCISE
Exercise has been shown to increase “FEEL GOOD” endorphins that can help reduce stress. A long walk can give you time to reflect, while an intense gym workout can let you release negative energy.
- LAUGH
Laughter may not be the “best” medicine but it does actually lower cortisol – also known as the stress hormone.
- LISTEN TO MUSIC.
Research has shown that listening to soothing music can lower blood pressure, heart rate and anxiety. Alternatively, listening to more upbeat music can also help by invigorating you.
- BE GRATEFUL
These two words tells you a lot.
- ACCEPT YOU CAN’T CONTROL EVERYTHING
This one is very simple – some times you just have to step back and realize that you can’t control everything. Some things are out of your hands, so why waste your time stressing about them.
- STAY POSITIVE
It is not easy to stay always positive. But, you can make an active effort to try and to find the positively in your very own life. Do not focus on negative thoughts like “bad things are going to happen with me”.
- DO SOMETHING FUN
Don’t forget to take some time to really enjoy yourself. Find yourself a nice hobby that can tune your mind body and soul. Do activities that you enjoy. Surround yourself around people that you have fun with.