With the sinking economy and soaring gas prices, it couldn't be a better time to learn how to manage stress in your everyday life.
Follow these four secrets to lead a stress free life:
1. Prioritize your daily activities. Putting your activities in priority from top to bottom is a great way to keep the important things from being overlooked. It also puts down, on paper, what you need to remember so that you don't have to lay awake at night worrying about forgetting.
2. Breathe. Deep breathing is a great way to get fresh, life giving oxygen into your lungs.
Breathe in deeply through your nose for a count of 10 then slowly let it out through your mouth for a count of 30. The extended exhalation will help to push all of the stale air out of your lungs and replace it with fresh air.
A study published in The Lancet found that cardiac patients who took 12 to 14 shallow breaths per minute, 6 per minute is optimal, were more likely to have low levels of blood oxygen, which could impair skeletal muscle and metabolic function and lead to muscle atrophy and exercise intolerance.
3. Write down your goals. A study was done at Harvard University in 1979 that asked the graduating class how many of them had goals for the future and how many had actually written them down.
Only 3 percent had written them down, 13 percent had goals in mind and 84 percent had no goals at all. Ten years later, the same people were tracked down and a startling discovery was made.
The people who had written their goals down were making more than 10 times the income of the other two groups combined.
4. Count your blessings. Being grateful for what you have is one of the best ways to fight off stress.
If you don't think you have anything to be grateful for, the following are a few things to consider. You live in America where anyone can decide what they want to do with their lives and are free to pursue it.
You have the blessing of sight to read this article. You have the capacity to understand the ideas in this paper. You may have children or pets that make you happy.
Acknowledging all of the wonderful things in your life and being grateful for them will make the other things seem less important.
For more information, call (760) 434-9006 or visit www.carlsbadwellness.com.
Follow these four secrets to lead a stress free life:
1. Prioritize your daily activities. Putting your activities in priority from top to bottom is a great way to keep the important things from being overlooked. It also puts down, on paper, what you need to remember so that you don't have to lay awake at night worrying about forgetting.
2. Breathe. Deep breathing is a great way to get fresh, life giving oxygen into your lungs.
Breathe in deeply through your nose for a count of 10 then slowly let it out through your mouth for a count of 30. The extended exhalation will help to push all of the stale air out of your lungs and replace it with fresh air.
A study published in The Lancet found that cardiac patients who took 12 to 14 shallow breaths per minute, 6 per minute is optimal, were more likely to have low levels of blood oxygen, which could impair skeletal muscle and metabolic function and lead to muscle atrophy and exercise intolerance.
3. Write down your goals. A study was done at Harvard University in 1979 that asked the graduating class how many of them had goals for the future and how many had actually written them down.
Only 3 percent had written them down, 13 percent had goals in mind and 84 percent had no goals at all. Ten years later, the same people were tracked down and a startling discovery was made.
The people who had written their goals down were making more than 10 times the income of the other two groups combined.
4. Count your blessings. Being grateful for what you have is one of the best ways to fight off stress.
If you don't think you have anything to be grateful for, the following are a few things to consider. You live in America where anyone can decide what they want to do with their lives and are free to pursue it.
You have the blessing of sight to read this article. You have the capacity to understand the ideas in this paper. You may have children or pets that make you happy.
Acknowledging all of the wonderful things in your life and being grateful for them will make the other things seem less important.
For more information, call (760) 434-9006 or visit www.carlsbadwellness.com.