Stress, How to Cope...

Learn how to successfully manage stress by changing the way you respond to stress. Making time for your own for relaxation, to decompress from you trying day is so very important. There are a lot of techniques to reduce your stress level. The stress response floods your body for fight or flight. But while the stress response is helpful in emergency situations where you situations where you must be alert, it wears your body down when you’re constantly activated. The relaxation response brings your system back into balance: deepening your breathing, breathing, filling your tummy with air and then exhale. This reduces the stress hormones, slowing down your heart rate and blood pressure, and relaxing your muscles. In addition to its calming physical effects, research shows that the relaxation response also increases energy and focus, combats illness, relieves aches and pains, heightens problem solving abilities, and boosts motivation and productivity, Best of all with little practice anyone can reap these benefits. Barbara Jeanne xo