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Quick and Easy Stress Relief

December 13th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed

Looking for quick stress relief?

Here are some easy methods.

Writing, or keeping a journal, is a proven method of quick stress relief because it allows you to express yourself creatively while viewing your perceived problems in a different light. Just writing down your problems - even without a solution, makes your problems easier.

You’ll be amazed that solutions will appear, almost like magic. This is because you’ve objectified the problem.

Perhaps the oldest form of stress relief is yoga meditation. All you have to do is breathe deeply and count your inhalations and exhalations.

When thoughts appear - and they will - just focus on your breath again.

You may want to combine meditation with muscle relaxation techniques. To do this you tense and relax your muscles slowly. For example, starting with your toes, you tense the muscles, then slowly release as you breathe deeply. Move on to your calves, then your thighs, and so on until you have focused on all your muscle groups. Yoga is also an ancient stress reliever, but it requires some training to get started, so you may not wish to utilize this practice for quick stress relief, but rather for its long-term benefits.

Exercise offers quick stress relief that will provide you with benefits. And you may not think so, but it’s incredibly easy to get started. Just drop everything and try 5 or 10 or 20 push-ups or sit-ups; that’s all it takes to change your mind’s focus from the things that are causing you stress.

By the time you are straining to knock out that last rep your boss’s belly-aching will be miles away.

So there you have it - three ways to quick stress relief: writing, meditation and exercise.