7 Everyday Stress Busting Tips You Can Use Right Now.
Below are 7 simple and effective stress busting tips you can use right now! These tips are in no particular order and some will be more beneficial for you than others. It impossible to state which tips will help you the most as each person will respond differently to each tip. These simple stress busting tips might seem strange yet they will help you along your journey to reclaiming the calm, relaxed, and peaceful you.
Stress Busting Tip #1.
Smile and your endorphins will smile with you. When you’re happy your brain produces endorphins that make you feel good and you smile. The great news is this process works in reverse! So put on and keep a smile for as long as you can and your brain will manufacture endorphins and you will feel happier.
Stress Busting Tip #2.
Nature and its power to heal. Nature is a magnificent natural antidote to stress, so when you’re feeling stressed go outside and be with nature. The weather doesn’t matter; if it scorching hot take some shade, if it’s storming down with rain take a big umbrella, if ice and snow are all around feel snug in a warm coat. Put a smile on your face, truly want to be there and let your senses fill up with nature. Even experiencing a single tree in a big city is sufficient to help you unwind.
Money can bring you much freedom, yet the story of wealth failing to translate into happiness is the story of the Western world.
Stress Busting Tip #3.
Belly breathing, not just for the mystics. Watch a young child sleeping and you’ll notice their belly going up and down, this is because they are truly relaxed and this is reflected in their breathing.
When you become stressed your breathing is predominantly high in your chest and your stomach is flat with little or no movement. This regrettably helps to keep you stressed, which in turn keeps your breathing high in your chest, which keeps you stressed!
This vicious circle of maintaining stress can be manually interrupted by consciously breathing down into your belly. It’s an easy and simple process you can employ anytime, anyplace, anywhere.
Instructions – Place the palm of either hand on your belly … draw each breath down into your belly feeling it rise as your belly rises … hold the breath for 3 seconds … then release the breath slowly and gently. Remembering to lightly push your belly in with your stomach muscles to expel all the air from your lungs at the end of the exhalation … and commence the cycle again. You can do this for a little as a minute or for as long as it’s comfortable.
Breathing exercises for stress and anxiety can be so effective that even anxiety panic attacks, for many sufferers, can be eliminated in this way.
Circumstance permitting, carry out this breathing technique while lying on your back, it will give you excellent feedback on what you’re doing. Try it and you’ll see what I mean.
Stress Busting Tip #4.
Act your shoe size not your age. Do something childish now and again. Not irresponsible, simply childlike! Something that makes you feel silly and happy and has a sense of fun. You can do some finger painting, get a big box and sit in it pretending it’s a car or plane, play marbles or jacks, have a pillow fight, swing on a rope hanging from a tree. Probably doing something you enjoyed during your childhood would be an excellent place to start.
Stress Busting Busting Tip #5.
Unshackle yourself from your workstation. Take all your breaks away from your work station. Your work station, wherever it is, and whatever it might be, is likely to be a high stress area for you. Therefore, each time you take a break move away from your work area and preferably go to a place where you can be in contact with nature. Clear your mind from your work tasks by simple filling your senses with nature. Failing this, find a quiet spot, close your eyes and imagine you’re out in nature. Be there by imagining what you can see, hear, touch, and smell.
Stress Busting Tip #6.
Stress check your body with your watch. Each time you check the time of day take a moment to carry out a quick physical stress check. Make sure your tongue is not stuck to the roof of your mouth and that your jaw is relaxed. Arms and legs should be uncrossed with feet flat on the floor. You should be sitting or standing upright with your shoulders relaxed down as much as possible. Your breathing should deep, slow and in your belly. Hands should be warm and the palms dry. Plus, there should be a smile on your face!
Being miserable involves certainty; being happy involves risk. Stress busting 101 description
Stress Busting Tip #7.
Changing doesn’t actually mean breaking. There are countless numbers of simple habit patterns that you can break. Each one broken will provide you with a slightly different outlook on life.
We do so much habitually we never even notice what we are doing. Each time you break a habit you become more self-aware, which is what you are working towards. With self-awareness comes the opportunity to gain insight into ourselves and insight provides an opening for self-improvement.
One of the easiest ways to make many changes is to use your less dominant hand when ever possible. The simple act of drinking a beverage using your less dominant hand will seem strange; this strangeness is you becoming more self-aware.
If you have places in your life that you think of as your own, change them. If you have your favorite chair at home try sitting somewhere else for a change. If you have a spot where you like to sit in a diner or bar, choose a different location.
If you work behind a desk or some form of personal work zone, try moving the items in it around. This way when you habitually reach for them they’re not there and you’ll have to engage your consciousness.
This self-awareness is not at a profoundly deep level, but it’s a stepping stone to reducing your stress through self-awareness.