Breathing Q: How can I breathing better to reduce stress? I've gotten checked for anything wrong physically and they say its all in my mind and I need to relax...
By award-winning author and stress-relief expert Susie Mantell
Sometimes, consciously just taking time to breathe deeply and fully.....perhaps inhaling soothing white light.........exhaling tension...worry....can remind us to oxygenate fully and just the intake of oxygen slowly and mindfully helps muscles to relax!
Another thought is a great Yoga breathing technique: close your eyes...inhaling through one nostil and exhaling through the other. It's a bit easier if you use a finger to close one nostril while "using" the other....eventually you might not need to.
Below, please find list names of a few of the tips on my website I have offered others with different issues, but the same stress-busters may be very helpful to you in moments you can grab for yourself.
Hope some of these are helpful... (I know these tip titles below don't sound like your situation. Ignore that--but there are MANY stress tips here that have general application and I think some may help.)
1) These are found on http://www.relaxintuit/tips.asp
Click on these headlines or find others that catch your eye!
TIP: Q: What are some quick tips for relaxing during the work-day?
TIP: Q: I'm always "on the go". I know this sounds crazy but with long days, deadlines, fax/phone/email messages--I'm just too busy to relax. What can I do?
TIP: Q: What does stress do to people, and how can I tell if it's doing it to me?
TIP: Just Plain Cranky?
2) These are found of http://www.relaxintuit/asksearch.asp
TIP: Q: Cancer/Pain: What do you have for cancer patients who are experiencing a lot of pain?
TIP: Q: Stress is really getting the better of me with dizzy spells, sweating & palpitations in difficult situations ... help, please? Try those and see if something fits...
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Award-winning stress-relief expert Susie Mantell ...is the author of the deeply soothing relaxation CD, "Your Present: A Half-Hour of Peace,” clinically approved for symptoms associated with stress and sleeplessness, depression and grief, anxiety, P.T.S.D., Fibromyalgia, caregiver stress, cancer, pain, divorce and addiction recovery. Featured in The Los Angeles Times, NBC, ABC, CBS-TV, Town & Country, The American Pain Society, Hazelden and The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, listeners include The Mayo Clinic, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, The Betty Ford Center, V.A. Hospitals,and Canyon Ranch (#1 Spa.) Customizing stress-reduction for Fortune 500 companies, distinguished hospitals and spas, Mantell has facilitated thousands in relieving health-related, work-related, chronic or traumatic stress. Her multi-sensory, mind-body techniques appear in national media, medical and corporate publications. Susie Mantell's Stress-Relief & Wellness Tips are intended as an adjunct to, not a substitute for, professional health care. Order “Your Present: A Half-Hour of Peace” and find more of Mantell’s stress-relief tips at www.relaxintuit.com