5 Proven Relaxation Techniques for Stress Management

We all have our own way of reducing stress and anxiety in our own life, however, these are some popular ways of reducing stress that you can try using to improve your well-being.

Yoga

Practicing yoga is one great way of reducing stress. It is so special to give yourself an hour or an hour and a half window to escape your day, roll out your yoga mat and enjoy some time out. Yoga ties together the breathe, the mind and the body, helping you to remain present and focused.

Walking

Another great way to reduce stress and anxiety is walking. The Sunshine Coast has so many beautiful walking trails to discover, beachside or in the hinterland. Getting out into nature is so relaxing and recharges your energy levels. Take some deep breathes and enjoy the environment. When you are in nature you can shift your attention from voluntary (where your mind is focusing on one particular thing) to involuntary (where you can witness what's going on around you without having to zero in on one particular thing). Sunshine Coast beach tracks to try are the Currimundi Foreshore Reserve, Noosa National Park and the Sunshine Coast Coastal Pathway (Point Cartwright to Kawana; Warana to Currimundi; Currimundi to Caloundra; and Caloundra to Golden Beach). Sunshine Coast forest tracks to try are Buderim Forest Park, Kondalillia Falls (Montville) and Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve (Maleny). Truly spoilt for choice!

Meditation

Meditation is another excellent way to reduce stress. When we meditate our body acts in the exact opposite way to when we are stressed. Our heart rate decreases, we start to take nice deep breathes, we become calm and peaceful and are able to clear our mind.

Listen to Relaxing Music

Another easy way to reduce stress and anxiety is to listen to relaxing music. The next time you get home, choose a piece of music that is relaxing to you. Sit back and relax. This is particularly useful if you have children. Watch how the mood of your household changes by the type of music you play.

Massage

Finally, a really pleasurable way to reduce stress is massage. Massage decreases levels of stress hormones in the body, relaxes muscles fibres and stimulates the lymphatic system, which is your body's first line of defence against disease. Massage also calms the nervous system by inducing the brain to release chemicals called endorphins - natural painkillers and mood enhancers. No wonder you feel so good after a massage!

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10 Hours Rain and Thunder Healing Sounds for Deep Sleeping Meditation Relaxation Ambient Spa Sounds

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Everywhere in the world, people from all walks of life are using these relaxing videos to help themselves and each other. People from every nation, every religion and every language are able to use these videos in a healing, helping, and peaceful way. This is great to relax, study, improve concentration, read,meditate,sleep, to fall asleep fast, to use as a peaceful background sound, for white noise, and more. 

10 Tips to Sleep Well Tonight!

Sleeping is very important to reinstall back our energy and rebalance our body. Sometimes we are not able to sleep well or known as insomnia. I was once like that, but now I found the 10 Tips that help me to sleep well every night.

1. Go to sleep when you are sleepy, and maintain go to bed at consistent times and get up at consistent times.

The disorder sleep will cause drained, difficulties in concentrating, feeling depression or frustration, and anxiety. For adult the general guideline should sleep between 6 to 8 hours per day. You should go to bed by 10pm and not later than 12am. When you maintain regular sleep hour, you will fall asleep easier, and your body will automatic wake at the regular hour.

2. Shift your clock or watch from your side when you are in bed.

Do not put your clock or watch that you can see it while you are in bed, because it will bring your unconscious feel stress up when you are not able to sleep. You maybe counting how many hours to go before to wake up, or perhaps you may think why I couldn't sleep and the time is so late.

3. Avoid taking drinks which contains caffeine such as coffee, tea, soft drinks and energy drink at least six hours before go to bed.

Caffeine has effect to bring alertness, which allows the brain not to relax and keep you awake.

4. Instead of drinking alcohols, you should drink some milk before go to bed.

Alcohols may help you fall sleep, but it will affect your quality of sleep and you probably wake up later.

5. Sleep on a comfortable bed and pillow.

Sometime people focus on to buy expensive mattress but forget about your pillow, pillow is equally important for a good sleep. Use white or soft color bed sheets, which allow calm and relax feeling that allow a better sleeping pattern.

6. Your bedroom wall should paint with white or soft color, and keep the temperature not too cold or too warm, cause the human body temperature will down when we are sleeping. As the air conditioner too cold will make you shivering and waken, you may use socks to keep your leg warm.

7. Write your journal before you go to sleep.

This will help loosen your mind about what happen during the day, which can help you more relax and easier to get sleep.

8. Avoid eat too much before go to bed or feel hungry. Eating too much will fill-up you stomach, that will cause you uncomfortable and not allow you to sleep peacefully at night.

9. Do slight exercises to burn some calories in your body. When the body burning the calories you will get tired, thus will bring you to good sleep.

10. Last secret is to listen to a "Lullaby", it works for baby and it works for adult too. You can change an instrumental music that used for meditation/yoga, or slow rock music; this will bring you mind to relax.

I hope those tips will help you to sleep well, sleep soundly like baby.

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Simple Relaxation -- A Guided Meditation

This guided meditation uses visualization techniques and a subtle rhythm to guide your mind to the relaxing Alpha state. You will experience a deep relaxation of the body and mind. The focus of this meditation is to quiet the Somatic Nervous System (Voluntary Nervous System).