what are some ways of stress relief?

Strategies For Stress Relief

As part of the process of curing an illness, promoting health & vitality and preventing illness and premature aging, it is important to gradually move towards a daily life that less stressful.

Some Strategies to Avoid

Attempting to make everything in life stress-free.

Focusing on every event and constantly reminding yourself to relax.

Regularly avoiding the feeling of emotions (e.g., sadness, anger, joy, fear, etc.).

There are a number of other things which will not work in the long run when used by themselves only -- long vacations, execise, etc.

The type of strategy which tends to work is the combination of gradually and gently trying to change one's habits plus regular practices or situations which help put the body in a relaxed state. Both types of strategies are important in promoting stress reduction.

Regular Practices and Situations to Promote Stress Relief

Note: The positive effects of these techniques vary from person to person.

Examples of Powerful and Healing Regular Practices

Taking a class and going to regular group practices can be crucial in promoting a regular practice. Some people have moved into teaching centers in order to be certain they will have a regular practice and promote healing and transformation.

Yoga -- This is a wonderful practice for stress reduction and profound healing. I highly recommend printing out the Yoga Chapter, reading it and then taking regular classes.

Meditation

Tai Chi

Conscious Breathing Routine (Conscious Breathing, by Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., (Please see the Stress Reduction page of the Holistic Healing Web Page / Amazon.Com Bookstore for a listing).

Dancing

Bioenergetics Classes

Examples of Powerful and Healing Occasional Practices

Holistic Healing Retreat

Vacation

Massage (Some people practice regularly by exchanging with a partner.)

Daily Stress Reduction Tips

Note: As mentioned earlier, there will naturally be times when these tips are not used, but try to gradually incorporate them into your life where possible.

Add something beautiful to your life on a daily basis (e.g., flowers).

Do some enjoyable activities whenever possible.

Walk, work, and eat at a relaxed pace.

Take a short break after meals to relax.

If possible, go outside at least once per day and notice the simple things such as the weather, scenery, etc.

During the day, whenever you remember, notice and tension in your body (jaw, neck, diaphram, shoulders, etc.). Breath deeply and gently stretch and relax any tense areas.

If you notice your mind racing or worrying about the past or future, take a minute to breath deeply and gently focus on something in the moment such as your breath, scenery, birds.

Take breaks during the workday to relax.

Wear comfortable and loose clothing when possible. Take off your shoes when you can.

Avoid holding in feelings day after day, but instead, find a safe place to feel, express and embrace them.

Please be gentle with yourself. Some people find themselves falling back into excessively stressful habits from time to time. That is perfectly normal. Simply notice that change in a non-judgemental way and move back to the stress reduction practices and tips that promote a healthy way of life.

Being too pressured by work or anything else can actually hinder you to think about relieving that stress... you'd naturally do what you want to do at any given point. I think the best question is how to increase your stress threshold :) meditation, regular exercise, and doing recreational things you're interested with (masturbation? im not so sure, haha!) can help you respond to stress better. If your question is about the best relaxing activity... it purely depends on your personality --- for the introverts, a book, video games or a conversation with a friend is good enough; for the extroverts, group and family activities (shopping, too!) can be considered.

There are many ways for stress relief:

- exercise

- aromatherapy

- yoga

- breathing methods such as meditation

- go for holidays

- massage therapy

For more ideas, you can check out http://www.healthandwellnesscentral.com/ for a catalogue of treatments and therapies.

hit stuff (do not hit any living things... except trees. F*ck those f*cking trees), play violent video games, get a cat, get a hamster, get a ferret, look at pictures of cats/ferrets/hamsters, shout, run a mile, jog a mile, run a half-mile, take a poo, take a nap, take a power nap, take a power poo, blame canada, listen to heavy metal, don't listen to emo music, talk to someone, don't worry, be happy.

I use sex, basketball, running, and video games for stress relief.

Healthy diet

Exercise

Aromatherapy

Adequate rest

Massage

Saying NO to things you do want to do

Prayer

Meditation

Reading

Friendship

Counseling

Herbal teas

listen some good spiritual music...sleep for some hours....do not think about the past & the future...just live this moment....!

I was taking a yoga class and it totally relaxes you, you can also get yoga dvds, they are great and not very difficult!

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Masturbate, punch people, have sex, eat