Excessive stress can have a negative impact on our lives, mood and health. Relaxing can help us to reduce our stress levels, so the quicker we can relax, the more effectively we can work on reducing our stress levels. Here are 10 things you can do to help you relax quickly. Try these relaxation techniques today, and use them whenever you feel that tension coming on.
- Have a hot shower: The hot water relaxes your muscles and the break from whatever activity is causing you stress helps you to take your mind off the issue.
- Play relaxing music: Experiment listening to different types of music to see which helps you to relax the most effectively. Then keep your favourite relaxation music close by wherever you may need it most.
- Go somewhere else: If the things in the room you are in are stressing you out or are associated with whatever is causing you the stress, e.g. your work computer, try taking a break from being surrounded by those things. Get out and go somewhere different for a little while.
- Have a cup of chamomile tea: Chamomile is said to have a calming effect on the nerves, and hot drinks in general can help you relax. Help the relaxation process by taking a short break and take your time savouring the tea.
- Increase your awareness of potential stress triggers: If you can spot the things that can stress you out (a phone call you need to make, a tricky piece of work, doing something you don’t enjoy), you can deal them earlier, which will help to prevent the stress building up.
- Be happy and laugh!: It’s often said that happiness is the best form of medicine, and you’ll already know how good you feel when you’re feeling happy and laughing. If you’re feeling stressed, find something that will make you laugh: watch a film or TV programme that makes you laugh, or meet up with a friend you know will crack jokes. If you’re struggling to find something that makes you happy or makes you laugh, a simple technique to make yourself feel better is to simply - smile 😊. Even if you don’t feel like smiling, the simple act of physically smiling will start to make you feel better.
- Take slow, deep breaths: When you’re feeling stressed, your heart rate goes up and your breathing becomes quicker and shallow. Take 5 to 10 slow, deep, long breaths to help calm your breathing and your racing mind.
- Go for a walk: Walking is one of the best relaxation techniques if you have a bit of time to spare. If you can go for a walk in nature, such as a park or some woods, all the better.
- Give
someone a hug: As long as it's from somebody you don't mind hugging (and
they don’t mind you hugging them!), this really can be very relaxing.
- Interrupt
your routine: Doing something different that breaks you out of your
habitual patterns can sometimes relieve stress as it helps to distract
your mind.
Over time you can implement changes to help you be more relaxed. If the thought of the work involved, or the changes to your routine, just stresses you more, you can take it slow.
The relaxation techniques above aren't difficult, so why not try a few, and learn how to relax quickly and reduce the stresses of your daily life.
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