Tips for STRESS Reduction / Michal Ron

We all know stress is bad for our health, yet living in the Western world, we cannot avoid it.

Here are a few simple, short, and easy-to-do tips that can help you reduce stress immediately on a daily basis, or in stressful situations.

Breath

First Exercies: Inhale. Breathe in from your mouth. Breath fully. Try to let the air go all the way up, until it practically lifts up your shoulders. 3-4 breathes will do to reduce help, and will leave you more alive and clear than before.

Second Exercise: If you have a little bit more time, and you can sit or lie down, put your hand on your lower abdomen, and breathe to your hand. Take care to inhale with your mouth open, and make sure your hand on the abdomen is going up and down. 10-20 breathes will do, and leave you much more calm than you’ve experienced a long time.

Movement

Third Exercise: When inhaling bring your shoulders up as far as they go, and when exhaling just let them drop down all at once. This will release the tension that often accumulates in the shoulder, back and neck. 5-10 times will do.

Fourth Exercise: If you can find a place to be alone, try this: when inhaling, open wide your mouth and your eyes, and stretch your toes. When you exhale squeeze your eyes, your mouth, and your toes until they are closed. When inhaling stretch them wide open again. 10 times will do.

Practicing those four simple, short exercises on a daily basis will reduce your daily stress level in only 2-3 weeks, and will enable you to be more happy, healthy and relaxed.