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Stress… it seems that nowadays, we all have to deal with it.
The facts are that reducing stress is the number one reason why
people start meditating. Basically, stress affects all of us in
some measures and in some aspects of our lives, be it the case
of our professional or personal lives. Stress is a permanent
and indisputable element of our modern life, so there is no
wonder that avoiding it or reducing it is a top priority.
Stress Meditation – Tips to Follow
There are four important steps to follow that base any stress
meditation program. Here they are:
1. Find a suitable place for your stress meditation. How should
this place be? First of all, it needs to be clean, natural, not
too busy, and it has to be private and cozy. No disturbing
sounds are allowed, no disturbing smells and no uncomfortable
positions.
2. Breathing. How should you breathe? Firstly, you need to make
sure you are breathing slowly and deeply. Take your time, feel
the pure air that surrounds you and consider breathing like a
way of purifying your body.
3. Reduce the tension. This might sound harder than it actually
is. Basically, try to visualize your tension, to locate it. Is
it in your chest, in your legs, in your head? Then you need to
focus on pushing down your tension. Push it down more and more,
until you eliminate it from your body. At the same time, you
need to relax your muscles and to let loose of your
contractions. Feel how your body gets lighter, once you pushed
away the tension and relaxed your muscles.
4. Imagine. Visualize, create a place where you feel
comfortable, where you feel safe and at peace. It can be
anything, as long as all the feelings that come along with that
certain place are positive. Enjoy the emotions and the
sensations that the place presents to you. In order to do this,
you can try it alone, or you can opt for a professional tape
with directions on what to do and what to imagine.
What about Anxiety?
The main thing that needs to be known when correlating
meditation, relaxation and stress is the fact that in order to
reduce stress, we have to work, through stress meditation and
relaxation methods, on a wide range of pother disturbing
problems that come along with stress or that are implied by
stress. Like what problems? Well, anxiety, frustration and even
depression can be a result of stress or can amplify the effects
of stress.
Anxiety is very common nowadays and it is expressed in a
variety of forms: from the anxiety to fail (career-wise or on
the personal territory) to the more serious anxiety that can be
interpreted as real phobia or that can be a cause of trauma,
anxiety causes stress and, at the same time, it can be caused
by stress. This is the main reason why, in order to benefit
from a complete relaxation and stress meditation, one should
work in order to overcome anxiety and other forms undesirable
emotions. In order to do so, visualizing safe, comfortable
places is very important, as part of the stress meditation
program. Good luck!
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