Some Stress Management Techniques

You should have a stress management system that you use to reduce and relieve stress for your health. It is considered good for your health to set aside some time to do things that will help you to manage stress. Stress management will improve your health, mood and attitude. It can also contribute to your life span or longevity.

Your stress management system could consist of exercises, affirmations, meditation, breathing, visualization and positive thinking. It could also include anything you like to do like writing poetry, singing or doodling. Stress management also includes activities like spending time with people you like and creative activities.

Here are some stress management techniques you can use in your daily life. You can fit them into your work routine. You can use them throughout the day when you feel stressed or when you want to relax and feel better. You can practice these stress management techniques to help you relax and remain stress free.

Start the day with a smile. Repeat some affirmations about having a good day in the morning. Have some affirmations like I'm Having A Great Day or I'm Having A Wonderful Day posted somewhere where you can see them in the morning.

Try to smile and laugh more. Feigning laughter or saying ha ha ha ha ha will help you to relax. Making the sounds of the letters e and a like eeee and aaaa will help to improve your mood by simulating smiling. Imagine laughing and smiling. Imagine your body smiling as if parts of your body were smiling.

Take three deep breaths throughout the day to help you to be calm and relieve tension. When you have problems take deep breaths and try to calm yourself. Imagine yourself facing stressful situations and problems peacefully and managing them very well. Think of yourself as a calm, happy person who manages stress very well.

Using your mind a more rational way like counting to 10 or reciting the alphabet will also help to reduce stress. Count to 10 or recite the alphabet sometimes when you feel stressed. This practice will help you to be more rational and relieve stress.

Acupressure Techniques

Three acupressure points on the top of your head can help you to be more calm, relieve stress and relieve depression. To find them move your fingers from the top of both ears to where they meet at the top of your head. Feel for a space at the top center of your head there. That is acupressure point GV 20, a very important acupressure point. The other acupressure points are before and behind GV 20. GV 21 is one inch before GV 20. Press GV 20 firmly for 60 seconds. Then press GV 21 and GV 19 for 60 seconds each.

Pressing the space on your inner arm on the center of your wristline will help to calm you immediately. Press this acupressure point and hold it for 60 seconds.

Two acupressure points two and three finger widths below the wristline will also help you to feel calm. The points are in the center of the arm. Pressing these acupressure points can also help you feel better if you feel sick.

Pressing the third eye point or yintang will help to calm you. This point is found between the eyebrows above your nose on your forehead. Pressing this acupressure point is calming and also good for soothing your emotions and relieving depression.

Massage your face, head, hands, neck, shoulders and ears. This improves the circulation and helps you to relax. It will relieve muscular tension associated with stress.

Mudras or Finger Positions

Prana Mudra
Touch the ring finger and little finger to the tip of the thumb with the other fingers extended. You can practice this mudra any time.

Mahasir Mudra
Join the tips of the index and middle fingers with the tip of the thumb. Place your ring finger into the thumb fold and extend the little finger.

Musti Mudra
Close your hands with your thumbs over your fingers.

Namaste Mudra
Hold your hands together with your fingers together in a prayer like position in front of your chest.

Exercises

Tighten and release all the muscles of your body starting at your feet and going up to your head.

Scan your body for tension. Release any tension you feel. Start scanning at your feet and scan to the top of your head.

Inhale and stretch your arms out or up. Hold for a few seconds then lower your arms while exhaling.

Rotate your hands and feet ten times in a clockwise direction and ten times in a counter clockwise direction.

Inhale while lifting your shoulders and then pause and hold your breath for a few seconds. Then return your shoulders while exhaling.

These stress management techniques could be added to your stress management system. The tips will help you to feel more relaxed and calm. Using these stress management techniques could also improve your health and help you to be a happier person.