10 Immediate Stress Buster Techniques
April 12, 2011
How stressed are you? Do you work too much, sleep a little, skip on exercise, eating too much comfort food. Do you feel at some point you are “running empty.” Try this 10 stress busters tips. Get back in control.
1. Call A Friend
Friend are a must have when you feel stress. Sharing trouble can give you a different perspective on your problem. It makes you feel cared for and relieve your burden.
2.Take Your Vitamin
Elizabeth Somer, R.D., author of Food and Mood (Owl Books, 1999), in Salem, OR, recommends that women take a daily multivitamin and mineral formula that contains between 100% and 300% of the recommended dietary allowances of vitamin B, as well as the minerals calcium, magnesium, chromium, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, selenium and zinc. Avoid stress formulas, which often contain large amounts of randomly formulated nutrients, such as the B vitamins, but little or nothing else, Somer says.
3.Go Brits
Tea time anyone? Try drinking tea instead of coffee. Tea has calming properties. It helps to ease anxiety ann tension. Boil a steaming cup of chamomile, catnip or passionflower Whether you use tea bags or loose tea (one teaspoon of tea per cup of boiling water), steep for about 10 minutes to get the full benefits of the herbs.
4. Take a walk
Go for long walk. It forces you to breath deeply and improve circulation. Imagine your stress as a bag of sand with a hole at the bottom. As you walk, The bag gets lighter and lighter releasing your body tension.
5. Please Say No
A clear ticket to stress is to do everything yourself. Know your limits. You cannot please everyone. If you cannot handle your work ask for help.
6. Go Chinese
No. It not Chinese take out. But Qi Gong. A ancient Chinese practice design to promote the flow of chi (energy), the vital life force that flows through the body, regulating its functions.
7. Breath Deeply
Breathing from your diaphragm oxygenates your blood, which helps you relax almost instantly. To breathe deeply, begin by putting your hand on your abdomen just below the navel. Inhale slowly through your nose and watch your hand move out as your belly expands. Hold the breath for a few seconds, then exhale slowly. Repeat several times.
8. Mini Massage
Get a mini massage. Work on area where the muscle feels tight and stiff. Get a portable massage from your near by store. Great to use for those hard to reach area like your back.
9. Space Out
Look out the window and find something natural that captures your imagination, advises Dr. Sobel. Notice the clouds rolling by or the wind in the trees.
10. Plan
Make plan to reward yourself. When we look forward to something, it can provides a calming perspective. So go on. Plan for that weekend getaway you always wanted, plan for a facial, go for a massage. Reward yourself.
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1. Call A Friend
Friend are a must have when you feel stress. Sharing trouble can give you a different perspective on your problem. It makes you feel cared for and relieve your burden.
2.Take Your Vitamin
Elizabeth Somer, R.D., author of Food and Mood (Owl Books, 1999), in Salem, OR, recommends that women take a daily multivitamin and mineral formula that contains between 100% and 300% of the recommended dietary allowances of vitamin B, as well as the minerals calcium, magnesium, chromium, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, selenium and zinc. Avoid stress formulas, which often contain large amounts of randomly formulated nutrients, such as the B vitamins, but little or nothing else, Somer says.
3.Go Brits
Tea time anyone? Try drinking tea instead of coffee. Tea has calming properties. It helps to ease anxiety ann tension. Boil a steaming cup of chamomile, catnip or passionflower Whether you use tea bags or loose tea (one teaspoon of tea per cup of boiling water), steep for about 10 minutes to get the full benefits of the herbs.
4. Take a walk
Go for long walk. It forces you to breath deeply and improve circulation. Imagine your stress as a bag of sand with a hole at the bottom. As you walk, The bag gets lighter and lighter releasing your body tension.
5. Please Say No
A clear ticket to stress is to do everything yourself. Know your limits. You cannot please everyone. If you cannot handle your work ask for help.
6. Go Chinese
No. It not Chinese take out. But Qi Gong. A ancient Chinese practice design to promote the flow of chi (energy), the vital life force that flows through the body, regulating its functions.
7. Breath Deeply
Breathing from your diaphragm oxygenates your blood, which helps you relax almost instantly. To breathe deeply, begin by putting your hand on your abdomen just below the navel. Inhale slowly through your nose and watch your hand move out as your belly expands. Hold the breath for a few seconds, then exhale slowly. Repeat several times.
8. Mini Massage
Get a mini massage. Work on area where the muscle feels tight and stiff. Get a portable massage from your near by store. Great to use for those hard to reach area like your back.
9. Space Out
Look out the window and find something natural that captures your imagination, advises Dr. Sobel. Notice the clouds rolling by or the wind in the trees.
10. Plan
Make plan to reward yourself. When we look forward to something, it can provides a calming perspective. So go on. Plan for that weekend getaway you always wanted, plan for a facial, go for a massage. Reward yourself.
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