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STRESS RELIEF
We must agree that there is not much you can do to stop life throwing stressful events at you. what you can do is choose how to deal with those stresses. Here are just a few examples of what you can do to help.
SETTING GOALS
Give yourself time to sit down, alone and quiet and write down, what are your goals? many people under acute stress find it hard enough to get through the next hour, let alone the next month, so break your goals into manageable chunks. Have goals for Today, This week, This month.
BEING ASSERTIVE
The first step on the road to assertivness is oa expression of your personal rights. You need to accept that you have as much right as anyone else to certain things.
LEARNING TO RELAX
Relaxation ia a powerful medicine. It speeds recovery from all kinds of illnesses and, better still can prevent them in the first place.
MASSAGE
Massage is one of the oldest forms of healing. Its long been used to break down muscle spasm, improve circulation and help wounds heal.
AROMATHERAPY
We dont use our senses of smell much in the modern world-maybe thats why it can have such a strong effect. Yet aromatic oils have been used in healing for thousands of years. These days aromatherapists generally use essential oils as part of a healing massage.
REFLEXOLOGY
The idea behind reflexology is that the whole body is represented in the foot, so pressing a certain part of the sole has an effect on the corresponding part of the body.
EXERCISE
Any exercise that speeds up your heartbeat, increases the brain's output of endorphins, which give a natural high.
EAT TO STAY ON TOP
Under stress, eating well is more important than ever. Vegetables, wholemeal bread, beans, dairy products and eggs, for example, provide plentiful B vitamins to build strong nerves. Stress also wears down the immune system, which is why we fall ill at difficult time, all the more reason to eat healthy food that boost's our defences.
Super stress busters:-
bananas
mackeral
marmite (brewers yeast)
chillis
citrus fruit
wholemeal bread
oats
brazil nuts
lettuce
leafy green veg.
HERBALISM
Long before scientists thought of creating drugs from plants, our ancestors used the whole plants to make a more balanced remedy. Today, a stroll through any health food shop will once again reveal herbal potions aimed at relieving stress.
HOMEOPATHY
Homeopathy has been in use for 200 years, longer than most drugs, but homeopathy runs on totally different principles from orthadox medicine. Homeopathy is holistic, meaning it aims to treat the whole person rather than just curing symptoms.
FLOWER REMEDIES
Even gentler than homeopathy, flower remedies aim to combat stress and illness by balancing our emotional energies. Its easy to see why people should think flowers can heal psychological wounds. Their delicate beauty and fragrance have always been linked with spirituality.
All of the above techniques are effective ways of reducing stress in increasing the ability to relax. Its a question of trying out some that appeal and finding which one suites you. You will probably end up with a reprtoire of potions for different situations. Dont forget the most important way of relieving stress - ENYOYING LIFE.
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