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An important stress management teaching is the idea that if you calm your mind your body will also be calmer and that if you relax your body your mind will be more peaceful. The concept is referred to as calm mind calm body and calm body calm mind. If you calm your mind your body will be more relaxed and stress free and that will improve your health and mood. If you relax your body you’ll be calmer. So you should try some calming exercises or techniques for stress management. Calming exercises could include affirmations, breathing exercises, meditation, Pilates, stretching, walking and yoga.
A helpful calming stress management technique that could help you to calm quickly is mindfulness meditation. In mindfulness meditation you try to pay attention to how you feel, what’s happening and any sensations you have including sounds. You try to live in the present moment (which is sometimes called be here now) and feel what is happening in the time period. Try to be very attentive, alert and conscious of what is happening in the present moment. Pay attention to what you’re doing and how it feels. This technique should help you to be more centered and peaceful.
From time to time throughout the day pause and do some kind of calming or mindfulness exercise. You can try the calming techniques in this article or make up your own. You could stretch and look around the room. You could massage your hands or neck and shoulders. You could count to ten, do things more slowly or carefully or try to be more calm and peaceful.
One simple way to do this is to breathe deeply. Slow breathing can help you relax. Exhaling more slowly than you usually do can also help to [...]
From Shri Gyan Rajhans
Peace of mind is the most sought after ‘commodity’ in human life. It appears that most of us are in a state of perpetual restlessness. On analyzing the causes of this restlessness, I have ventured to find for myself ten solutions that need to be followed religiously if we are serious about achieving perfect peace of mind.
1. Do not interfere in others’ business
Most of us create our own problems by interfering too often in others’ affairs. We do so because somehow we have convinced ourselves that our way is the best way, our logic is the perfect logic, and those who do not conform to our thinking must be criticized and steered to the right direction, our direction.
This kind of attitude on our part denies the existence of individuality and consequently the existence of God, for God has created each one of us in a unique way. No two human beings can think or act in exactly the same way. All men or women act the way they do because they are prompted to do so by the Divine within them. There is God to look after everything. Why are you bothered? Mind your own business and you will have your peace.
2. Forget and forgive
This is the most powerful aid to peace of mind. We often nurture ill feeling inside our heart for the person who insults or harms us. We forget that the insult or injury was done to us once but by nourishing the grievance we go on excavating the wound forever. Therefore it is essential that we cultivate the art of forgiving and forgetting. Believe in the justice of God [...]
Stress is not technically an illness or condition, but it can have a major effect on your life and body. When your stress levels are elevated, you can suffer from anxiety and depression, and it can eventually get to the point where you are losing sleep. This in turn can have a major impact on your work life and relationships. One way to help remove stress is through exercise.
Deep Breathing
Breathing is an automatic function of the body 24 hours a day. If you are feeling stressed, try a deep-breathing exercise. To do this, sit comfortably in a quiet location. Place one hand on your chest and one hand on your abdomen. Take a big inhale through your nose and expand your stomach without moving your chest. Once it is expanded, take a big exhale out of your mouth and watch your hand come in. When you have exhaled, contract your abs forcefully, then continue the whole breathing process again for 10 to 20 minutes.
Tai-chi
Tai-chi is a light form of exercise that involves slow, flowing movements of the body. These movements emphasize a conscious flow of energy through the body and they also involve concentration and relaxation. This exercise is facilitated by an instructor and it is done in a class format. Check your local gyms and parks for tai-chi classes.
Yoga
Yoga is a type of exercise that is more intense than tai-chi and it involves more strength. Isometric contractions are held for a set amount of time while your body is in various positions called poses. Poses are done from a standing, seated, lying and crouching position. Like tai-chi, this form of exercise is often done in a class at gyms and yoga studios. You can also [...]
