Stress
drains your energy, blocks your intelligence, expands your waistline and ruins
your health.
Try these
three simple, one minute techniques to relax and de-stress, get back on
track, and lower stress
hormone cortisol that sabotages your weigh loss.
Three deep
breaths
1.
Take an easy inhalation and hold it for a brief moment. It feels nicer the
deeper the breath goes into the body.
2.
When you exhale, make it long, trying to get all the breath out of your lungs.
As you breathe out, let any tension leave the body with the breath. You don’t
need it anymore, so just let it go.
3.
Pause at the end of the exhale, then inhale again, a little deeper this time
than the last.
4.
Repeat several times.
5.
Let the breath come back to normal, and feel the change in your body and in
your mood.
Relax your
neck (at last!)
(with all
of these, please take care if you have had recent surgery, a neck or back
injury. you are the best judge of what is safe for you.)
1.
Lower your chin toward your chest and feel the weight of your head.
2.
Lift your chin toward the ceiling, as slowly as you can. Let your head fall
back and feel the stretch in the front of your neck.
3.
Repeat several times. Go as slowly as you can, and enjoy the sensation.
4.
End by slowly coming back to center.
Relax your
shoulders! (computer users’ favorite!)
1.
Rotate your shoulders as if you are pedaling a bicycle with them. You can do
this at whatever pace feels good; perhaps each time you do it, you can vary the
speed.
2.
After a few rotations in one direction, go in the opposite direction.
3.
Stop! You can do this suddenly, and feel the sensation of coming to a rapid
stop, or you can keep going slower and slower, until the movement is
imperceptible, and feel the gentle ‘landing’ as you ease to a stop.
After each,
pause for a few minutes. Feel your breath going in and out of the body, and
experience what is happening in the body. No words or descriptions are
necessary.
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