A few good relaxation techniques can save your life, because stress is more than just uncomfortable it’s also dangerous to your health. Disciplined practices such as meditation can help relieve that stress, but what if you aren’t motivated? Maybe you need to try a few of these simple ways to relieve stress.

1. Give someone a big, gentle hug. Hugging usually entails getting a hug back..and there is nothing more calming than being in someone else’s arms.

2. Do it in a different way. Go do somethingyou usually don’t i.e. a member of the maintenance staff, or eat lunch on the balcony. Just doing anything that breaks you out of your habitual patterns can lower your blood pressure.

3. Give yourself a long hot bath. It soothes your muscles, and gives you a break from those more stressful activities. Some find that an alternating hot and cold shower is even more relaxing.

4. Try paying close attention to your mind. Spot those ‘nasties’ that lurk just below the surface (hunger, worry, a phone call you need to make) and you can resolve them and feel more relieved. If you practice this awareness exercise, it may become one of your favorite relaxation techniques.

5. Try laughing. The best way for most people is to stand in front of a full length mirror, stark naked! That always gives me a good laugh; especially first thing in the morning. Just be sure it is a good ‘belly laugh’, one that makes your sides hurt and you become short of breath. Not only will it relax you but it burns calories too!

6. Listen to music. Keep your favorites at the office, in the car, or wherever you’ll need it most. Music can settle that stress that is inside of all of us. Choose the tunes that bring up happy memories and use those to help you.

7. Exit the room for a while. This can really help if the things in the room or related to it are causing your stressful thoughts. Why not get out for a little while? Just remember to not slam the door after you!

8. Take deep breaths. Take five deep breaths through your nose. Close your eyes and take notice only to your breathing while doing this. It’s like a mini-meditation, and perhaps the most effective of the quick relaxation techniques.

9. Enjoy drinking something decaffeinated. Caffeine is a stimulant and promotes a rapid heartbeat and increased mental stimulation. This can bring on feelings of stress and anxiety.

10. Take a break. If you have at least ten minutes to spare, going for a walk is one of the best stress release techniques. While you’re at it, admire the view or go and talk to that person in technique 2.

11. Get off your shoes. Remember that scene in Pretty Woman where Richard Gere took his shoes and socks off. That reconnection with Nature has a remarkable effect.

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P.S. Also try emotional freedom technique training - EFT has helped many people to take the proper care of the stress.

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